Freytag's Pyramid Story Structure Worksheet

There is a version of you that knows exactly how this story ends.

• WHAT YOU ARE BUYING
• THE FIVE ACTS — WHAT'S INSIDE
• Exposition — Map the world before it breaks. Define the atmosphere, the power dynamics at play in the workplace, and the careful masks your characters wear before the story forces them off.
• Rising Action — Chart the escalation. Track the pull between lovers who should not exist in the same orbit, the fractures forming beneath the surface of the hidden past, and every scene that tightens the tension like a cord around the throat.
• Climax — Identify the exact moment of no return. The secret that surfaces. The triangle that collapses into a single unbearable point. The scene your reader will not recover from.
• Falling Action — Follow the wreckage. Map the aftermath of revelation, the cost of the tragic backstory finally spoken aloud, and the choices your characters make when there is nothing left to protect.