Appendix I

Plot Planner Form

Above the Line

Scenes that show:

• power is somewhere other than with the protagonist
• tension
• conflict
• complications
• loss of power by the protagonist
• dramatic action and movement
• confrontations
• the action of the story turning in a new direction

Below the Line

Scenes that show:

• power shifting back to the protagonist
• introspection
• a lull in conflict
• the protagonist coping
• the protagonist planning