plot

a.k.a. putting your characters in trouble

below you will find PICTURES & QUESTIONS TO GET YOU writing the plot of your story. CHOOSE ONE YOU LIKE AND GET STARTED.

NESTED

WHAT CREATURE BUILT THIS NEST IN THE SIGN?

HOW WILL THE OWNER OF THE STORE REACT?

PERHAPS, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG FEUD BETWEEN THE STORE OWNER AND WHATEVER VICIOUS CREATURE LIVES IN THE LETTER “P.” WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT NEXT?

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OLD CAR

THIS OLD CAR JUST PULLED UP AND SOMEONE INSIDE GRABBED YOU AND PULLED YOU INSIDE. ARE THEY GOOD GUYS? BAD GUYS?

THE STICKER ON THE BACK SAYS “LIFE IS THE QUESTION, LOVE IS THE ANSWER.” DOES THAT MEAN THE PERSON INSIDE IS NICE? OR DID THEY STEAL THIS CAR FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS?

WHERE IS THIS CAR GOING TO TAKE YOU?

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where there’s smoke there’s fire

who set this fire? was it the villain, or did your main character do this themselves?

was this fire an accident? or was it set on purpose? is this a normal fire, or maybe part of a magic ritual?

what is burning? is it something your character loved? something they will miss?

how much worse will it get? will the fire spread?

does your character even want to put out this fire? maybe they want it to burn…

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tell me my fortune

someone just opened this fortune cookie and now they’re planning to do something big. is it your protagonist who opened this fortune or is it your villain?

what is the big thing they are going to do? travel the world? invent a flying car? invade another planet? take over the universe?

when they try to do this big thing, what will go wrong?