Sequence Outline


A sequence outline of our sample story might look like this:

  1. The First Lady is in an unhappy marriage.
  2. She is being stalked by her kidnappers.
  3. She is taken hostage.
  4. Her captors make their demands.
  5. The First Lady gets to know her captors.
  6. The President responds.
  7. The First Lady falls in love with one of her captors.
  8. She takes charge of the "demands" when the President doesn't cut a deal.
  9. The President plans his double-cross; the First Lady plans her future.
  10. In the showdown, the First Lady's lover is killed.
  11. The First Lady holds a press conference and files for divorce, ruining her husband's political future.

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