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Proven story arc formulæ
Story arc formula
- Start: Set the scene. Establish a ‘normal’.
- Incident: Something happens to disrupt the normal.
- Obstacle: Makes things worse.
- Villain: Makes it even worse.
- Possible love interest introduced.
- Sidekick introduced.
- Meets a mentor. Discovery introduced.
- Ordeal: Disaster, crisis.
- Rebirth: A turning point or recovery.
- Minor victory.
- More tension.
- Obstacle seems impossible now.
- Major lesson learned.
- Win: Villain loses. Relief or climax.
- A ‘better than before new normal’ is established.
Internal journey story arc formula
- Establish normal: Comfort zone.
- Something they want.
- Enter uncomfortable zone.
- Adapt to it.
- Get what they wanted.
- Pay a heavy price.
- Lesson learned.
- Change has occurred.
- Establish new normal.