Because I already came up with a synopsis for a story i wanted to do but i only have 3 characters and i’m gonna need more than 3 characters.
I already have descriptions for the characters i have now and what they want but i just need help coming up with the storyline so how can i come up with a GREAT story plot for the synopsis?
From Michael Hauge, who had a more detailed version online at on point, comes the basic structure which can be applied to nearly every screenplay. Flesh out what you have until you can write at least one long and detailed paragraph for each step. That’s your starting point.
01STAGE I: SETUP (0-10%)
02TURNING POINT 1: THE OPPORTUNITY (at 10%)
03STAGE II: THE NEW SITUATION (10-25%)
04TURNING POINT 2: THE CHANGE OF PLANS (25%)
05STAGE III: PROGRESS (25-50%)
06TURNING POINT 3: THE POINT OF NO RETURN (50%)
07STAGE IV: COMPLICATIONS AND HIGHER STAKES (50-75%)
08TURNING POINT 4: THE MAJOR SETBACK (75%)
09STAGE V: THE FINAL PUSH (75-90/99%)
10TURNING POINT 5: THE CLIMAX (90 – 99%)
11STAGE VI: THE AFTERMATH
Can anyone recommend me some interesting short stories or short story authors? I’m not looking for short stories by classic writers, I’m looking for something modern, gloomy, atmospheric, with iconic main character. If you have seen the 2011 movie Drive, than i would love to find some short stories similar to it.
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction. We used it for a class and every story was gloomy.
http://www.amazon.com/Scribner-Anthology-Contemporary-Short-Fiction/dp/1416532277/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324846680&sr=8-1
So I have the text "Rappaccini’s Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawethorne to cite in my composition. Problem is that my teacher emailed the story to us, so it is not included in a collection or anything nd I have no clue where he got the text. How do I cite a short story that is not in a collection in MLA format?
There’s an excellent website called easybib (easybib.com). It allows you to create citations for free in MLA format. You’ll go to that cite, click on the type of resource (in this case web) and highlight your teacher’s link and paste it in the appropriate box. When you press the button that says cite this, it will do it for you. easy peasy.