The Story Plot: Incident, Obstacle, Turning Point, Puzzle, Shocker, Cliffhanger, Climax, End

1. WOOHOO! LET’S WRITE A
MYSTERY!!
The Plotter

2. CHARACTERS
Protagonist or Antagonist?
Personality?
Where do they live?
What do they do?
What do they look like?
What are their quirks?
What are their talents?
What do they want?

3. INCIDENT
Murder
Revenge
Theft
Kidnapping
Stalking
Conspiracy
Espionage
Assassins

4. OBSTACLE
An escape
A mystery
A mission
Danger
Fight scene
Chase scene
Mind game

5. TURNING POINT
A decision
A new discovery
A revealing event
A personal epiphany
Something forced
No turning back

6. PUZZLE
A perplexing problem
A mental confusion
A baffling personality
A mystifying situation
Decoding a thing or event
A question needs a solution
Thrown off course

7. SHOCKER
A shocking event
A shocking report
Disturbing in nature
A secret revealed
Creating extreme emotion
Impacting something or someone

8. CLIFFHANGER
Uncertain until the end
A potentially fatal situation
Intense suspense
To be continued
Delayed outcome
Physically precarious
Mentally precarious

9. CLIMAX
The most interesting part
The most exciting part
Major turning point
The highest point in the story
Dramatic conclusion of a crisis
Last third event of a story
Conflict reaches it’s peak

10. END
Is it really the end?
Or, is there more?