Structure Inspiration

Step 1: The Longstanding Personal Problem

Step 2: The Public Humiliation
Step 3: The Intimidating Opportunity
Step 4: Hesitation
Step 5: The Hero Commits
Step 6: Committing Creates Unexpected Conflict
Step 7: The Hero Tries to Solve the Problem the Easy Way
Step 8: The Promise of the Premise is Fulfilled
Step 9: The Midpoint Disaster
Step 10: The Hero Tries the Hard Way
Step 11: The Spiritual Crisis
Step 12: Proactive Pursuit of The True Goal
Step 13: The Timeline is Unexpectedly Moved Up
Step 14: Climax and Epilogue
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The story can take an unexpected direction
Unique relationships can be more interesting than unique characters
The concept should last the whole story. Once the concept has propelled the
story forward the story should be allowed to degenerate into something generic
and ultimately unrelated to the original concept. The entire story should be
infused with the concept. The concept should never be pushed out of the
spotlight by something else.