96 lines
2.5 KiB
YAML
96 lines
2.5 KiB
YAML
---
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template:
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id: story-outline
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name: Story Outline Template
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version: 1.0
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description: Comprehensive outline for narrative works
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output:
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format: markdown
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filename: "{{title}}-outline.md"
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workflow:
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elicitation: true
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allow_skip: false
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sections:
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- id: overview
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title: Story Overview
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instruction: |
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Create high-level story summary including:
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- Premise in one sentence
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- Core conflict
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- Genre and tone
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- Target audience
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- Unique selling proposition
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- id: structure
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title: Three-Act Structure
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subsections:
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- id: act1
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title: Act 1 - Setup
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instruction: |
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Detail Act 1 including:
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- Opening image/scene
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- World establishment
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- Character introductions
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- Inciting incident
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- Debate/refusal
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- Break into Act 2
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elicit: true
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- id: act2a
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title: Act 2A - Fun and Games
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instruction: |
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Map first half of Act 2:
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- Promise of premise delivery
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- B-story introduction
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- Rising complications
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- Midpoint approach
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elicit: true
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- id: act2b
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title: Act 2B - Raising Stakes
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instruction: |
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Map second half of Act 2:
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- Midpoint reversal
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- Stakes escalation
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- Bad guys close in
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- All is lost moment
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- Dark night of the soul
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elicit: true
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- id: act3
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title: Act 3 - Resolution
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instruction: |
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Design climax and resolution:
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- Break into Act 3
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- Climax preparation
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- Final confrontation
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- Resolution
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- Final image
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elicit: true
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- id: characters
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title: Character Arcs
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instruction: |
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Map transformation arcs for main characters:
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- Starting point (flaws/wounds)
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- Catalyst for change
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- Resistance/setbacks
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- Breakthrough moment
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- End state (growth achieved)
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elicit: true
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- id: themes
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title: Themes & Meaning
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instruction: |
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Identify thematic elements:
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- Central theme/question
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- How plot explores theme
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- Character relationships to theme
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- Symbolic representations
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- Thematic resolution
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- id: scenes
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title: Scene Breakdown
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instruction: |
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Create scene-by-scene outline with:
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- Scene purpose (advance plot/character)
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- Key events
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- Emotional trajectory
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- Hook/cliffhanger
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repeatable: true
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elicit: true
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