Story Plot Graph

Story Setting Information

Type out the following headings and fill in information for each. Send to posterous along with a screencapture picture of the graph below after you make it (example).

Audience

Who is your main target audience? (e.g. 5-year old boys, children 10-12, teenage boys who like adventure)

Theme

What moral does your story teach in the end (e.g. friendship, sharing, family, good habits, never lie, listen to your parents, eat your vegetables)

Geography

City and country location (e.g. Paris, France)

Setting

The place in the area (e.g. on a farm, in the city, on a boat in the ocean, in outer space, at a basketball game)

Drive

Character driven or plot driven?

(e.g. does the story follow the character(s) or the plot)

Download the Illustrator template and delete the story text & title and write your own in it (thank senior David Lee for making it and saving you time from making it). If your twist is in a different location, delete that line and redraw that line with the twist where you want it.

Or if you want to make your own graph from scratch...you can in Illustrator or Microsoft Word create a timeline and show the elements of your story. If you use MS Word, go to View > Toolbars > and choose the Drawing menu box. Then choose the freeform or scribble option in line to draw your timeline.

When you are finished with your graph, upload a screenshot or JPG (make sure that it is large enough and can read the text) and also the original file. Follow the example to create your graph. Then copy the seven headings below and fill out the content in the same posterous article.

Introduction:
Conflict:
Rising Action:
Climax:
Falling Action:
Conclusion:
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Twist (you can choose where the twist will go in your time line; make sure the twist is good and original, which is an important part of your story to make it creative and different)

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