There’s a lot of plot structures and story beats out there that are pretty common. Romancing the Beat, Heroe’s Journey, these ones are all over and you can see them in many of your favourite books and shows. They never quite worked for me, though, because of the particular kinds of leads I like to write.
I write what I’ve been calling Chosen One Self Actualization (COSA) stories. There is a person who is uniquely qualified to deal with a problem and they are aware of that, but they are actively avoiding doing that with the expectation that someone else will handle it. Eventually, it gets to a point where they have to deal with the problem and they accept their destiny.
This means that the story beats haven’t quite felt right to me. So I made my own. I present to you, my story beats: COSA Story Beats.
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