The Write Structure Worksheet
The Write Structure Worksheet
2. Inciting Incident: What event or choice begins the movement of the story up or down, setting
values in conflict?
3. Rising Action/Progressive Complications: List the things that make the story more complicated as
it builds to a crisis.
4. Crisis/Choice: What difficult choice is the protagonist forced to make? It must be between two
good things or two bad things. List the two options.
Example: _____________ (protagonist) must make the difficult choice between _____________________
vs. _____________________.
5. Climax: The character’s choice plays out, leading to a climactic conflict between the two values.
6. Resolution: How is the protagonist’s world different after the events of the story?
Part 2: Break your story into three acts. Write each act in six sentences.
Act 1
Exposition:
Inciting Incident:
Crisis:
Climax:
Resolution:
Act 2
Exposition:
Inciting Incident:
Crisis:
Climax:
Resolution:
Act 3
Exposition:
Inciting Incident:
Crisis:
Climax:
Resolution:
Scene #1 - Event:
Exposition:
Inciting Incident:
Crisis:
Climax:
Resolution:
Scene #2 - Event:
Exposition:
Inciting Incident:
Crisis:
Climax:
Resolution:
Scene #3 - Event:
Exposition:
Inciting Incident:
Crisis:
Climax:
Resolution:
Inciting Incident:
Crisis:
Climax:
Resolution:
Scene #5 - Event:
Exposition:
Inciting Incident:
Crisis:
Climax:
Resolution:
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Inciting Incident:
Crisis:
Climax:
Resolution:
Inciting Incident:
Crisis:
Climax:
Resolution:
Inciting Incident:
Crisis:
Climax:
Resolution: