Sequence Outline
A sequence outline of our sample story might look like this:
- The First Lady is in an unhappy marriage.
- She is being stalked by her kidnappers.
- She is taken hostage.
- Her captors make their demands.
- The First Lady gets to know her captors.
- The President responds.
- The First Lady falls in love with one of her captors.
- She takes charge of the "demands" when the President
doesn't cut a deal.
- The President plans his double-cross; the First Lady plans
her future.
- In the showdown, the First Lady's lover is killed.
- The First Lady holds a press conference and files for
divorce, ruining her husband's political future.
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