I HAVE SPENT more than a decade on finding my groove on story outlining and plotting.

The result of my conquest? An amalgamation of several inspiring story outlines ranging from The Hero's Journey to The M.I.C.E. Quotient.

If you're unfamiliar with these articles, I've done all the work for you and simplified things down to a compact, concise protocol for building and outlining stories. 

I continue to be wary of formulas in writing. My one condition for this offer is that you continue to the be the creative you are -- think outside the box (quite literally here) -- and bend with story as it comes to you.

Go ahead and save this image and use it to build out your initial outlines: