![]() It contains young Voldemort asking about Horcruxes. At his third lesson, Harry watches a memory that has been tampered Harry goes to a second lesson, where they watch a memory of Voldemort as a child.ģ. Harry goes to his first lesson, where they watch a memory of Voldemort’s mother.Ģ. The lessons will focus on defeating Voldemort.ĭumbledore has a blackened, injured hand but won’t tell Harry whatġ. Story Beginning: Harry finds out he will be having private lesson withĭumbledore this year. To defeat Voldemort by looking at his past and, then, pursuing The goal in this plot line is for Dumbledore and Harry to find out how I’m not going to go through all of it, but this will give introduce you to the concept. These images I have aren’t very good quality, hopefully you get the I actually made the diagrams (and their descriptions) in it ) although Plot lines–Remember how I talked about Freytag’s pyramid last time? You can use this page about the Hero’s Journey to make one.ĥ. Much any story structure, such as the Hero’s Journey. Blake Snyder’s beat sheet is perhaps the most popular, but you can make a beat sheet with pretty Beat sheet–a beat sheet has a story-type already structured, and you get to fill in each beat of the story with your story. Sticky notes, so that they can easily rearrange the scenes as they seeĤ. Notecards–Some writers like to write out scene ideas on 3X5 cards or Setting: Exterior of Dursleys’ house, nightĬharacters: Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Hagrid, baby Harryģ. Sort of specific oddities he sees and potential lines of dialogue, etc.] [a more detailed paragraph about how that plays out with ideas of what Goal: Introduce the readers to the Durselys, while highlighting the oddities that Vernon sees that day. Settings: Dursleys’ house and Vernon’s work If you have a more detailed outline, it might look like this. ![]() Fill the reader in on what life is like now for Harry at the Dursely.Ģ. Another wizard brings Harry, and they leave him on the doorstep. That night, an old wizard and a witch wait outside their house.The Durleys start a normal day, but Mr.You may simply have a long document with paragraphs or bullet points. The mostĪs I mentioned, there are a lot of different ways to approach outlining.ġ. Story included, maybe even mention the setting for each scene, lines ofĭialogue, micro-conflicts, and small-scale plot devices. LessĪ detailed outline is what it sounds like. Includes all the important and significant parts of a story. Some writers want a more detailed outline. Outline may be similar, but with a bit more organization or structure. Of ideas, notes, and points she wants to hit in her story. Ally Condie, author of Matched doesn’t consider herself an outliner, but she does keep a document full Pages long and might lightly explain the beginning, middle, end Ĭharacters setting or potential themes. Some writers only want to do loose outlines. You do not need to have all of these things figured out perfectly before you start outlining, but you should have some idea. If you like tighter stories that are moreįormulaic or that have a lot of mysteries or undercurrents, you should probably outline.Įssential to any story is a character in a setting with a significantĬonflict. Organic stories, you may not need to outline much of anything, butĪgain, you should (probably) still have a beginning, rising action,Ĭlimax, and denouement. However, many writers will say thatįor most people, outlining produces better stories. Some writers don’t outline at allĪnd discover the story as they go. Part of learning how you best write is experimenting and trialĪnd error. Some writers like to write scenes on note cards so they can How much you want to outline depends on you. So if you are having trouble, ask yourself if Some writers brainstorm and doĪn outline simultaneously. You are having a difficult time writing down an outline, it may beīecause you haven’t brainstormed enough. Mention today is that much of outlining stems from brainstorming, so if One thing that I probably should have mentioned last time that I’ll So today, I’ll be talking about different ideas on how to outline. Usually when people talk about outlining, they are either referring to what to outline or how to outline. Last week I started talking about outlining, specifically focusing on story structure and what to outline.
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