Story Introduction Planning

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📖 Part 1: Story Elements Planning

1. Setting: Where and when does your story take place?

Think about: What does it look like? What time of day? What season?

2. Main Character: Who is your main character?

Think about: What do they look like? How old are they? What are they like?

3. Problem or Goal: What problem does your character face or what do they want to achieve?

4. Sensory Details: What might your character see, hear, smell, feel, or taste in your story?

See: ___________________________ Hear: ___________________________

Smell: _________________________ Feel: ___________________________

Taste: _________________________

5. Hook Ideas: How will you start your story to grab the reader's attention? Choose one:

Start with exciting action

Start with interesting dialogue (someone speaking)

Start with a mysterious or surprising statement

Start by describing an interesting setting

6. Opening Sentence: Write your hook sentence here:

7. Prompt Words: Choose at least 5 words from your word list that you will use in your story introduction. Write them below:

8. Story Introduction Outline: Write 2-3 sentences about what will happen in your introduction: