Story Beginnings
What is the beginning?
This is what you call the opening part of a story where you meet the main character and see their normal, everyday life before problems start.
What is Person vs. Person?
This type of conflict happens when your character fights or disagrees with another character, like Harry Potter vs. Voldemort.
What is the at the top (or peak) of the story mountain?
In the Story Mountain, the climax is located at this part of the mountain shape.
What is the resolution (or ending)?
This is the part of the story where problems get solved and you see how everything turns out.
In a book, you put these marks around the words that characters speak out loud.
quotation marks
What is a hook?
This technique grabs the reader's attention right away, like starting with exciting action, a surprising statement, or an interesting question.
What is Person vs. Nature?
This conflict type occurs when a character struggles against weather, animals, or natural disasters, like being lost in a storm.
What is the climax?
This is the most exciting, important, or scary moment in your story when the biggest problem happens.
What is the new normal?
This is what we call the character's life after the big problem is solved - it's not exactly the same as it was before.
These are the five ways you can describe a setting to make it feel real to readers.
sight, sound, touch, smell, taste
What is the story setup?
When you see what the character's life is like before the conflict happens.
What is Person vs. Self?
This internal conflict happens when a character fights against their own fears, bad habits, or difficult decisions.
How should a good climax should make readers feel? (about what will happen next to the character)
worried (or nervous/anxious/uncertain)
A good ending shows that the character has done this...finish the sentence. (Think about how they're different or have learned something important from their adventure.)
changed (or grown/learned)
This is what we call the character's life after the big problem is solved - it's not exactly the same as it was before.
What is the new normal?