Elements of Fiction Plot Checklist (3rd class)

PLOT CHECKLIST 1. What is the basic idea of the story? 2. What is the chief question of the story? 3. Who wants what? 4. Why? 5. Who or what stands in the way of this aim? 6. What plan does the protagonist make towards reaching his/her goal? 7. What opposes him/her? 8. What type of conflict is it? 9. How is the action started? 10. Is the conflict established early in the story? 11. Whom is the reader to cheer for? 12. What's at stake? 13. Does the story move forward? Does it mount in tension? 14. Is each scene functional? 15. Does the climax dramatize/complete the author's intention for the story? 2