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Assignment 11. second outline/chronology

Tuesday, Oct. 13
Required: Outline Revision #2 ▼

The second draft of your outline.
Options:
Using traditional outline format (Traditional Outline ): write your climax and several key conflicts/disasters.
The Snowflake Method : Expand your sentence to a paragraph. Include the beginning, conflicts/disasters, climax, and end.

*** NEED DISASTERS? See the Plot Twists generator at the bottom of the calendar.

Bonus: Literary Device: Chronology ▼

Brainstorm the best chronology for your story and work it into your outline.
OPTIONS:
1. Linear Narrative - the story is told in the order the events occurred.
2. Non-Linear Narrative - the story is told out of order.
3. Reverse Chronology - the story is told backwards.
4. In medias res - the story starts in the middle, goes back to explain how it got there, catches up, and then resolves.
5. Flashback/forward - individual scene(s) that take place prior to or after the current action.


I. Warren Thomas Miller is introduced as the protagonist.
a. Employment
b. Secret ambition
c. Family background
d. Vitals/stats
II. Laurie Claire Mans is introduced as the a-typical antagonist.
a. Employment
b. Secret ambition
c. Family background
d. Vitals/stats
III. Current – Relationship
a. Amp it up story.
IV. One year before
a. Lose advantage to Jim
V. 18 months before
a. Lose Advantage to Craig
VI. Two years before
a. Broken engagement.
VII. College Days.
a. Kicking back.
b. Road trip story
VIII. High School Days
a. Where friendship began. How it began
IX. Insert current day tense situation
X. Wrap it up.
a. Boy wins the girl. Haven’t figured out how quite yet.