Enter: The StoryJacket. After the hook and a rough sketch of characters and plot, but before the outline goes too far, we always go through the process of getting what we call a StoryJacket on that outline. This is a full developmental edit of the narrative we’re planning to tell — the kind of edit where big things often change because they don’t quite work, in contrast to a line edit that fixes commas and misspellings.
A Story Solution Bonus: The Story Jacket
A Story Solution Bonus: The Story Jacket
A Story Solution Bonus: The Story Jacket
Enter: The StoryJacket. After the hook and a rough sketch of characters and plot, but before the outline goes too far, we always go through the process of getting what we call a StoryJacket on that outline. This is a full developmental edit of the narrative we’re planning to tell — the kind of edit where big things often change because they don’t quite work, in contrast to a line edit that fixes commas and misspellings.