2. A story need
A psychological need
An interpersonal need
What does a hero need?
3. Three questions for the hero
What does the hero know at the
start of the story?
What will he learn by the end?
What will he be wrong about in
the beginning?
4. Other Qualities
Consciously Pursues Goal
What does the hero know at the
start of the story?
Capacity to Reach Goal
What will he learn by the end?
Capable of Pursuing Goal
What will he be wrong about in
the beginning?
Center of the Good in the Story
5. The Antagonist?
Consciously Pursues Goal Opposite the Hero’s
What does the hero know at the
start of the story?
Capacity to Reach Goal
What will he learn by the end?
Capable of Pursuing Goal
What will he be wrong about in
the beginning?
Center of the Evil in the Story
6. Character Wins!
Character Loses!
Character Arcs
Character Sows
the Seeds of his
own destruction
7. Character
grows by doing
the the right
Character Arcs thing.
Character grows
up
8. Character
learns
Character Arcs Character fails
to learn
Character
declines
9. Supporting Characters
Confidant Foil
What does the hero know at the
start of the story?
Catalyst Thematic
What will he learn by the end?
Backdrop POV/Audience POV
What will he be wrong about in
Comic Relief the beginning?
“Voice of”
10. Genres
Art/Education Social/War/Political
What does the hero know at the
start of the story?
Comedy Maturation/Love
What will he learn by the end?
Horror Action
What will he be wrong about in
Psycho/Crime/ the beginning?
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
mystery
11. Unpredictable
Mutually Exclusive
Inner/Ego
Conflict Relational
Social
Situational Life
Slice of
Cosmic
