The Overview

IDEA
World of Script
Characters
Conflict

SPINE
Hook:
Hero:
Goal:
Central Question:
Central Conflict:

STEP OUTLINE / PLOT
Step = character, conflict, outcome
30 to 50 steps
Act I Set up Create Interest
Act II Complications Sustain Interest
Act III Resolution Satisfy Interest

SCENE
Scene = step with description and dialogue
3 essential questions:
1. What does every character really want?
2. What do your characters really think of each other?
3. What does every character know?

SCRIPT
First Scene (2 to 5 pages)
17 pages
60 pages
First Draft