Michael Hauge’s Story Concept Template: Examples

Michael Hauge’s Story Concept Template Title is a genre about hero, a role who empathy/setup. When hero is opportunity, hero decides to new situation / preliminary goal. But when change of plans, hero now must outer motivation/primary goal by hero’s plan, in spite of the fact that outer conflict. Examples: Shrek is an animated fairy tale about Shrek, a loveable, courageous ogre who lives alone in his swamp because the townspeople reject him. When Shrek is plagued by fairy tale creatures who have invaded his home, Shrek decides to go tell the powerful Lord Farquaad to send them back home. But when Farquaad sends Shrek on a mission in return for his swamp, Shrek now must rescue a princess and win her love by overcoming a fearsome dragon and stopping her marriage to Farquaad, in spite of the fact that Farquaad will stop at nothing to keep her, and she secretly turns into an ogre herself every night. Or The Godfather is a crime drama about Michael Corleone, the youngest son of a New York Mafia boss, who because of his morale convictions doesn’t want to join the family business. When Michael is forced to commit violence, he leaves the country to live in hiding in the town of his family’s origin, (Italy) and falls in love he decides to remain in Italy and live the peaceful life that he longs for. BUT when his brother is gunned down, and he narrowly escapes death himself but instead his wife is killed he now must return as the only son capable of protecting and leading the family By transforming the family business by engaging in legitimate businesses In spite of the fact that no matter how hard he tries he becomes as deeply involved in the violence that brought the family to power.

   

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  Write the details of your story into Michael’s Story Concept Template. ________________________ is a _______________________ about ______________________, a ___________________________________________who _________________________________________________________________________ _____________. When __________________________________________________ ______________________________ is ___________ __________________________, ____________________________________________________________ decides to ____________________ ___________________________________________________ ______________________________But when _________________________________ _____________________________________________________ __________________ ____________ now must _______________________ ________________________ by _______________________________________ ___________, in spite of the fact that _____________________________________________________________.

   

Course material from the PenPaperWrite Workshop & 60 Scenes in 60 Days