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