The Story Spine is a wonderful method of conceptualizing a story. Initially conceived by playwright Kenn Adams, it’s a great tool for anyone who wants to tell a story effectively. The Story Spine is a template, but a loose one, with some open-ended statements that you can fill in to help you start to conceptualize a story.
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The Platform
- Once Upon a Time…
- Everyday…
The Catalyst
- But one day…
- Then something changed…
The Consequences
- Because of that… (repeated as needed)
- And then __________ occurred
- And then…
The Climax
- Until finally…
- Then suddenly…
The Resolution
- Ever since then…
- And the moral of the story is…
- And the funny thing was…
For a PDF of The Story Spine, click here.