What's Needed to Get Started

The protagonist must be doing something interesting with their own goal and conflict already.

• Jenny is on a date that’s really a hunt where she’s looking to eat his dark thoughts.
• Pop Squad is investigating the kitchen, going through procedure and ends with a shocking routing.
• Quy is on a break and wants to not do the job her uncle gave her but does it anyway.
• Grandma Jackalope is given the task to fix a problem.
• Jack is playing with his toys until the trigger ruins it.
• Hiroto is trying his best to represent Japanese citric to the the crew with very little success.
• Matt is speaking to his boyfriend until he proclaims his love.
• King Lennart and the Nameless Queen are busy with their one hour of freedom.

What are the CORE ELEMENTS of a STORY I need to get started?

You need a
PROTAGONIST with a current problem in their ORDINARY WORLD
This gives you

1. BACKSTORY and
2. CHARACTER ARC (The character NEED)
3. WORLD CONCEPT and RULES

You need a
TRIGGER to create a whole new set of problems a NEW PROBLEM
This gives you
4. TRIGGER and NEW PROBLEM to kick off the PLOT (The character WANT)

You need a
SOUNDING BOARD ALLY to discuss the STAKES with
5. What are the STAKES of this WORLD/BACKSTORY/PROBLEM altogether?