Five Key Story Elements

Examples from Popular Fiction

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Character Situation Objective Opponent Disaster

Harry Voldemort, the Voldemort is on

Harry
Potter, an A secret magical Survive wizard- most powerful the verge of re-
11 year old world, England ing school and evil wizard gaining his pow-
Potter orphan to ever live ers

An intergalactic Darth Vader,

Luke Skywalker, Help Leia defeat The rebels are
Empire in the commander of
Star Wars a 19 year old
midst of civil
the Galactic Em-
the Imperial
on the run from
orphan pire the Death Star
war Forces

Simba, the Defeat Scar and Scar has driven

The Lion The plains of Scar, his cruel
young son of take claim the the plains to
King the King
Africa
throne
uncle
ruin

His opponents
Macbeth, a suc-
Scotland in the His own demons storm the cas-
Macbeth cesful general of
Middle Ages
Become King
and madness tle, intent on
the King
killing MacBeth

Scrooge, a rich Scrooge sees a

A Christmas London in the Keep all his rich- The ghosts of
but mean old vision of his
Carol man
1800s es to himself Christmas
bleak future

Jane discovers
Mr Brock-
Northern Eng- Find an inde- Mr Rochester
Jane Eyre, gov- lehurst, Mr
Jane Eyre erness
land in the early pendent and
Rochester and
has been seri-
19th Century fulfilling life ously injured in
St John Rivers
a fire

The game mak-

Katniss, a 16 Dystopian, post- Coriolanus
The Hunger Survive the hun- ers change the
year old girl apocolypic Snow, The Presi-
Games from Distrct 12 North America
ger games
dent of Panem
rules at the last
moment

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