Plot map for fiction writing

1. Plot Outline
Major Characters (show the character using indirect
characterization):
Minor Characters (show the character using indirect
characterization):
Setting:
Where and when (give detailed description using
sensory details: sight, sound, smell, taste, touch.)
How does the setting affect the story – creepy,
comfortable, exciting…?
Conflict (main problem):

2. Beginning situation:
Major/minor characters:
Setting:
Rising Action (create tension and suspense in these
events):
1.
2.
3.
4.
Climax (the most exciting/emotional moment):
Falling Action:
1.
2.
Denouement (ending/resolution):
Resolve the conflict and bring the story to an end.