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Romance Planning Beat Sheet
Romance Planning Beat Sheet
Romance Planning Beat Sheet
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50,000 PAGE
(approx.)
Page Count (assumes Times New Roman): 182 DESCRIPTION WORD COUNT 1 1 1
Introduce protagonists, hook the reader, and setup the romance conflict (foreshadowing, establishing stakes) Opening Image/ Opening scene or sequence of story; create empathy with characters by showing how they lack for something Hook Give a glimpse of how right the characters could be for Inciting Incident each other (Essence), but they're not ready yet (Identity) External Relationship Arc: What happens that forces the characters to spend time together? End of the Beginning Internal Relationship Arc: What decision do the characters make that reflects their desire for each other? The protagonists react to the new desire, but suffer from Act Two one step forward and two steps back Pinch Point #1 How does the Pinch Point affect their relationship? External Relationship Arc: What visible sign of commitment do the characters make to each other? Internal Relationship Arc: How are the characters still in their Identity (and thus doomed to fail)? How does the Pinch Point affect their relationship? External Relationship Arc: What triggers the characters' fear about their relationship (& their retreat to Identity)? Internal Relationship Arc: How do the characters realize the relationship can't succeed (at least with Identity)? The protagonists summon the courage to overcome inner obstacles and remove their emotional armor w/the other External Relationship Arc: How does fear threaten the potential of the relationship one last time? Internal Relationship Arc: How do the characters prove they don't want to continue without the other anymore? Show how the characters are now fully in their Essence and perfect for each other
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45 5 36
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46
136 68
0 18750
Midpoint
91
25000
Pinch Point #2
114
31250
Crisis
124 136
34125
Act Three
137 182
37500
Climax
137 180
37500
181 182
49550
All Material Copyright Jami Gold All Rights Reserved. Last updated on 12/6/2012 For more helpful writing information, check out http://jamigold.com/for-writers/
Lost Your Pants? The Impatient Writer's Guide to Plotting a Story by Jami Gold -- http://jamigold.com
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50000 All Material Copyright Jami Gold All Rights Reserved. Last updated on 12/6/2012 For more helpful writing information, check out http://jamigold.com/for-writers/