Short Story Unit: Original Story of a Childhood Experience STORY PLOT OUTLINE
ORIGINAL SHORT STORY. Write a short fictional or true* story—between 800-1000
words (2-3 pgs.)—in which your narrator looks back on a really interesting or difficult event
that happened in childhood
in kindergarten or first grade, as in “Charles”
in second or third grade, as in “The Flowers”
in fourth or fifth grade, as in “Eleven”
INTRODUCTION
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACE:
Make a list of some details about the place where the story takes place:
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTER/CHARACTERS:
Make a list of what the character or characters look like:
DIALOGUE:
Make some notes about what the character or characters might be saying.
MIDDLE
BEGINNING OF THE PROBLEM: Make a list of some details of the problem that the
protagonist faces.
THINGS GETTING WORSE: How might things get worse in the story? Give a few details.
END
RESOLUTION: Give a few details of how you think the story will end. Happily?—the
problem is resolved. Unhappily?—the problem doesn’t get fixed.
b. THE FINAL LINE. Imagine how the final sentence will look: