Rising Star Adventures and Beyond

Oct. 2023 prep day 6

Oct. 6: - Plot: Outline Revision #1 ▼
(1) Select a desired outlining strategy from the list below.
(2) Review your plot elements thus far and organize them into your outline.
(3) Flesh out your outline by adding more details.

Outlining Strategies
*Bullet* A traditional outline format with bullet points, numbers/letters, or chapters.
*Bullet* Index cards (paper or electronic) which can be easily shuffled to change scene order later.
*Bullet* The Snowflake Method.
*Bullet* Use one of the following story models as a fill-in-the-blank outline template:
*Bullet* The Five-Point Story Structure.
*Bullet* The Eight-Point Story Structure.
*Bullet* The Hero's Journey Story Structure.
*Bullet* Any other appropriate model.

I. Setting the Scene (some back story)

II. The Gun Fight
         A. An Act of Revenge
         B. The Accusation
         C. The Narrow Escape

III. On the Run
         A. The Marshall and the Bounty
         B. Going from Town to Town
                   1. Boulder
                   2. Basin
                   3. Jefferson City
                   4. Clancy
                   5. Jefferson City again
                   6. Card well
                   7. Gallatin
                   8. Whitehall
                   9. Elk Park
                   10. Deer Lodge City (near silver mining)
                   11. Phillipsburg
         C. The Wagon Train (from Phillipsburg to Virginia City)

IV. Being Captured
         A. The Marshall Makes an Arrest
         B. The Bounty Hunters Are Still on the Hunt

V. Going to trial
         A. Waiting for the Judge to Arrive
         B. The Trial
                   1. Presenting evidence
                   2. Calling the witnesses
         C. The verdict

VI. The Happy Ending