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Find the scene that starts your book.

Give your idea enough shape to begin writing. Work through six questions, keep the answers that help, and leave with a small, concrete task for your next session.

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The story in one sentence

Who wants what, and what gets in the way?

What your character wants

Give them something they can act on, and a reason it matters now.

The pressure and the cost

What would getting their way damage? What would doing nothing cost?

A turning-point choice

Choose one action that makes returning to the old situation harder.

The first scene

Where does it happen, what does each person want, and what changes?

Your next writing session

Name a small piece of writing you could finish without solving the entire book.

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# Book Planning

Created with NarrativeForge's free website worksheet. This is a planning document, not a NarrativeForge project file.

## The story in one sentence

Prompt: Who wants what, and what gets in the way?

## What your character wants

Prompt: Give them something they can act on, and a reason it matters now.

## The pressure and the cost

Prompt: What would getting their way damage? What would doing nothing cost?

## A turning-point choice

Prompt: Choose one action that makes returning to the old situation harder.

## The first scene

Prompt: Where does it happen, what does each person want, and what changes?

## Your next writing session

Prompt: Name a small piece of writing you could finish without solving the entire book.

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Name what your character wants before describing the whole world.
Find a choice with a cost, then put that pressure into one scene.
Download the plan and use the next-session task to return to the draft.

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