How does the story begin?
Pinpoint the chronological beginning of your story — not necessarily where you begin telling it, but where the story itself is set in motion. • How does the story end? See above, substituting “end” for “begin.” Look for the place where the strongest elements of your story resolve themselves. • How do the book’s characters change over the course of the story? What transformations occur — or should occur — to your characters between the story’s beginning and its end? • How does the reader change over the course of the story? In your vision for your book, imagine what you want your reader to think and feel at the beginning of the book, and chart the changes in their perspective that should take place along the way. You may be mainly concerned with your reader’s thoughts about people or events within the book; or, you may want your book to have an effect on your reader’s larger worldview. • What events or elements of the story are crucial to the changes experienced by your characters an
