# Story planning template

From Feldar's guide to story writing: https://feldar.com/guides/story-writing

## The story

- Who it is about:
- What they want:
- What is in the way:
- Where and when:
- The day it changes:
- Point of view and tense:
- Target length (words):

## Three beats

1. Setup (who, where, what they want):
2. Turn (the choice or the reveal):
3. Ending (what has changed, shown in one action or image):

## Before you revise

- [ ] The story starts on the day something changes
- [ ] The main character wants something specific
- [ ] The turn happens in a scene, on the page
- [ ] Every scene moves the want, the obstacle or the change
- [ ] The ending shows the change and does not explain it
- [ ] I have cut the warm-up paragraphs at the start
- [ ] I have read it aloud