Using eight simple story prompts, longtime editor and story coach Deborah Froese shows you how to establish a simple but focused shape for your novel—and at the same time, discover all kinds of potential subplots.

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EIGHT STORY PROMPTS

1.     Your hero does this each day in their ordinary world. (Beat 1: The Hook.)

2.     Until something happens to disrupt life. (Beat 2: The Inciting Incident.)

3.     They try to cope by doing this. (Beat 3: The First Move.)

4.     Something blindsides them and complicates the situation. (Beat 4: First Blindside.)

5.     Which makes them realize something important. (Beat 5: Realization Dawns, the midpoint.)

6.     So when another blindside sends them spiraling . . . (Beat 6: Second Blindside.)

7.     They hit their lowest moment and then rise, gathering all their resources. (Beat 7: All is Lost.)

8.     They face their antagonist and resolve the situation. (Beat 8: The Final Showdown)

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