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The 6 essential questions

  1. Who is it about?
  2. What did they want?
  3. Why can't they get it?
  4. What did they do about it?
  5. Why doesn't that work?
  6. How does it end?

4-6 are answered by the players

Sense based details

Use some show don't tell and give sensory clues as to what's happening in the scene.

Weather

What's the temperature?

Dramatic Question

Who gives a shit about this scene and why?

Layers of Meaning

Shallow

Medium

Deep

Story Bang

Clues

3 clue rule

  1. clue 1
  2. clue 2
  3. clue 3

Cast and NPCs

Rewards

Information? Treasure? Items

Plot Relevance?

How does this tie back to the larger plot?

Color or Conflict?

Conflict? What is it? Why?

Color? What are you foreshadowing? Do you have descriptions and clues?

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