Part I: The Protagonists Journey as Narrative Imperative
Chapter One: The Protagonists Journey Due to their central role, engaging the Protagonist is the most important aspect of the story-crafting process
Chapter Two: Character Arc In movies, there exists a recurring variety of character arcs including the most popular: positive transformation
Chapter Three: Disunity The Protagonist needs to change as reflected in their initial state of disunity
Chapter Four: Deconstruction Entering the New World, a series of challenges and trials deconstructs the Protagonists old ways of being
Chapter Five: Reconstruction Freed from their old ways of being, the Protagonist is reconstructed by embracing heretofore untapped inner potential.-Chapter Six: Unity The Protagonist brings together all they have learned in the storys final struggle and in doing so achieves unity
Chapter Seven: The Protagonists Place Within the Screenplay Universe The Protagonists journey interweaves between the External World and the Internal World
Part II: The Protagonists Journey as Family of Characters
Chapter Eight: Primary Character Archetypes Five narrative dynamics common to movies represented by these archetypes: Protagonist, Nemesis, Attractor, Mentor, Trickster
Chapter Nine: Nemesis By providing opposition to the Protagonist, the Nemesis generates sustained conflict which creates the central drama of the story
Chapter Ten: Attractor During their journey, the Protagonist intersects with Attractor characters who connect with the Protagonists emotional development
Chapter Eleven: Mentor The Protagonist meets another type of ally, the Mentor who provides wisdom and contributes to the Protagonists intellectual growth
Chapter Twelve: Trickster A shapeshifter tests the will of the Protagonist by switching from ally to enemy, enemy to ally, and generating complications
Chapter Thirteen: Subplots Each Protagonist relationship with key characters is a mini-story with its own arc, theme, and contribution to the overall narrative
Chapter Fourteen: Character Map There is a structure to the Protagonists relationships with the storys major characters
Part III: The Protagonists Journey as Screenplay
Chapter Fifteen: Breaking the Story I Begin the story-crafting process by engaging the storys central character with a Protagonist Character Treatment
Chapter Sixteen: Breaking the Story II Use a series of brainstorming exercises to explore the story universe and develop its characters
Chapter Seventeen: Breaking the Story III A first pass at wrangling the plot by working with Four Primary Plotline Points
Chapter Eighteen: Breaking the Story IV Track the Protagonists transformation arc through Four Themeline Movements
Chapter Nineteen: Breaking the Story V Expand the framework of the plot by identifying Ten Major Plotline Points
Chapter Twenty: Breaking the Story VI Construct the final story structure, both Plotline and Themeline into a Narrative Throughline
Chapter Twenty-One: Writing the First Draft Break down the writing process into sets of scenes from one Plotline Point to another all the way through the Denouement. .