Burglar Story
After reading the Stasis / Trigger below, complete the "burglar" story by adding the remaining SIX points of Nigel Watt's 8-Point Arc.
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STASIS / TRIGGER
You are alone, asleep in your bedroom, late at night. You wake up. There’s a sound at the window. Someone’s breaking in. Your heart is racing. The intruder is inches away from achieving his goal. You remember you have a gun, but you’ve hidden it because of the children. You can’t remember where you hid the gun.

And then….

PLEASE NOTE:
You are welcome to tell this story from ANY perspective you want (first person, third person, etc.). Additionally, try to be as creative as you can. Who says the "intruder" is actually an "intruder" and not the home owner coming home from a long day at work... Again, lots of ways to understand the "stasis / trigger"

QUEST / JOURNEY *
TIP: This is where the bulk of your story takes place, the highs and lows. Remember, a quest can (and should) evolve as characters continue down their path. For instance, a quest could start out for money, grow into a quest for love and ultimately end in a quest for survival!
SURPRISES / OBSTACLES *
TIP: Surprises / Obstacles are typically UNEXPECTED, yet PLAUSIBLE, challenges that interfere with your protagonist's journey. Quality obstacles force characters to grow and often REVEAL who they actually are on the inside.
CRITICAL CHOICE *
TIP: Eventually in your story, your protagonist must be forced to make a difficult decision which will alter their "destiny"... For instance, a super hero must choose to save a bus load of people from falling off a cliff or their romantic interest, they cannot save both... This choice MUST be very difficult for your character to make and MUST come with irreversible consequences.
CLIMAX *
TIP: The climax of a story is typically a DIRECT RESULT of the critical choice. In short, once a character makes a decision, they must endure the consequences of that decision.
REVERSAL *
TIP: At this point in the story, your protagonist should have gone through a lot of twists and turns, highs and lows and endured a good deal of struggle which has CHANGED them as a person. For instance, a spoiled-rotten prince is forced to live as a llama for a year and ultimately learns to be a kind and selfless individual (aka "The Emperor's New Groove")
RESOLUTION *
TIP: Simply put, a NEW world for our characters to exist in that has been altered by the events of story.
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