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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist!

secretsofstory.com · published 10 November 2022

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the One-Sentence Description Uniquely Appealing? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the concept contain an intriguing ironic contradiction? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is this a story anyone can identify with, projected onto a bigger canvas, with higher stakes? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the concept simple enough to spend more time on character than plot? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is there one character whom the audience will choose to be their hero? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story follow the progress of the hero’s problem, not the hero’s daily life? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story present a unique central relationship? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is at least one actual human being opposed to what the hero is doing? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does this challenge represent the hero’s greatest hope and/or greatest fear and/or an ironic answer to the hero’s question? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does something inside the hero have a particularly volatile reaction to the challenge? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does this challenge become something that’s not just hard for the hero to do (an obstacle) but also hard for the hero to want to do (a conflict)? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: In the end, is the hero the only one who can solve the problem? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the situation permanently transform the hero, and vice versa? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story satisfy the basic human urges that get people to buy and recommend this genre? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does this story show us at least one image we haven’t seen before (that can be used to promote the final product)? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is there at least one “Holy Crap!” scene (to create word of mouth)? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story contain a surprise that is not obvious from the beginning? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the story marketable without revealing the surprise? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the conflict compelling and ironic both before and after the surprise? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the hero have a moment of humanity early on? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the hero defined by ongoing actions and attitudes, not by backstory? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the hero have a well-defined public identity? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the surface characterization ironically contrast with a hidden interior self? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the hero have a consistent metaphor family? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the hero have a default personality trait? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the hero have a default argument tactic? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the hero’s primary motivation for tackling this challenge strong, simple, and revealed early on? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the hero start out with a shortsighted or wrongheaded philosophy (or accept a bad piece of advice early on)? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the hero have a false or shortsighted goal in the first half? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the hero have an open fear or anxiety about his future, as well as a hidden, private fear? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the hero physically and emotionally vulnerable? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the hero have at least one untenable great flaw we empathize with? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is that great flaw (ironically) the natural flip side of a great strength we admire? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the hero curious? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the hero generally resourceful? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the hero have general rules for living that he clings to (either stated or implied)? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the hero surrounded by people who sorely lack her most valuable quality? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: And is the hero willing to let them know that, subtly or directly? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the hero already doing something active when we first meet him or her? Read at the source ↗

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http://cockeyedcaravan.blogspot.com/2011/09/great-guru-showdown-part-1-why-do-most.html

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Do the stakes pace and motivation all escalate at this point? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Are the characters cagy or in denial about their own feelings? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the outcome of the scene ironically reverse and/or fulfill the original intention? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Are previously asked questions answered and new questions posed? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the scene cut out early on a question? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is there a dramatic question posed early on that establishes which moment will mark the end of the story? Read at the source ↗

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The Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story use framing devices to establish genre, mood, and expectations? Read at the source ↗

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The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Are reversible behaviors used to foreshadow and then confirm change? Read at the source ↗

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http://cockeyedcaravan.blogspot.com/search/label/Checklist%20Road%20Test

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