What are some useful templates for telling your story?2 answers
2024-11-28 08:00
The 'Problem - Solution' template is also great. First, present a problem that the protagonist faces. It could be something like a character needing to find a lost item. Then, show how they go about solving it. Maybe they search everywhere, ask people, and finally find it in an unexpected place. This template makes the story engaging as the audience is eager to know how the problem gets solved.
How can I use templates for telling my story effectively?3 answers
2024-11-28 22:57
Firstly, choose a template that suits your story best. If it's a story about personal growth, the 'Character Arc' template might be ideal. Then, make sure you fill in the details clearly. For example, in the 'Beginning - Middle - End' template, be vivid in your descriptions of each part. Don't rush through the important parts.
Story templatesThe story template could be built around the following core elements:
1. ** Character Setting **:
- ** Protagonist **: Confirm the basic information of the protagonist, such as age, height, weight, occupation, personality, family status, etc. At the same time, clarify the protagonist's abilities, including various skills and their development. For example, the main character was a 20-year-old student with a cold personality. He had parents and a sister in his family. He had the ability to control the wind attribute. His skills included Absolute Defense, which could buffer attacks in the early stages and block attacks in the later stages.
- ** Supporting role **: Set the identity and role orientation of the supporting role. For example, the teacher of the protagonist is a little zombie who helps the protagonist and has a mysterious background. The official big shot, Celestial Guest in the Clouds, is the backer of the protagonist. The supporting characters could play different roles in the growth of the protagonist, such as providing help, creating difficulties, and so on.
- ** Female Lead and Enemies **: Set the relevant information of the female lead, such as age, occupation, etc.; specify the enemies, such as the black force's big brother, Nine-Life Cat, etc. They will have conflicts with the main character in the plot.
2. ** Plot Bearing **: Construct each plot according to the three steps of "encountering a problem, solving the process, and ending the result." For example, the protagonist met his enemy, Second Cultivator of True Virtue, and appeared in the name of pursuing Female Lead 1 (encountered a problem). The Female Lead asked the male protagonist to pretend to be her boyfriend to slap him in the face (the solution process), and then the corresponding result was produced.
3. ** Syllabus and Suboutline **:
- ** Syllabus **: Mainly to stabilize the "protagonist → main storyline → direction". For example, the main storyline setting of the protagonist being a loser who accidentally obtained the wind attribute ability and was asked to retrieve other scattered golden fingers. It is the framework of the entire story.
- [Details]: Play the role of "fire support", focusing on "supporting roles → side quests → support", filling in the details on the basis of the outline, such as enriching the activities of the supporting roles in the side quests, promoting the development of the main storyline, making it more expectant and logical.
After setting up the characters, one could develop the story according to the set relationships, abilities, and other elements. Starting from the first chapter, the story would gradually advance. For example, the main character would obtain abilities in the first chapter, and the daily activities and interactions with the supporting characters in the second chapter.
so, he can't access the abilities and powers of the templates without activating them!!! doesn't that mean that no matter how strong he gets he would still be a weakling when he deactivated the templates? you probably made it that way to negate kokushibo's vulnerability to the sun by deactivating the template ... there's another problem here, when he gets other templates, would he be able to activate all of them or multiple templates at the same time? or would it be the opposite, being able to activate only one template at a time? there are many problems that might face the mc based on your future choices?