1. 5,000 words: Teaser and exposition. Introduce the protagonist and why they are as they are.
2. 2,000 words: Catalyst event. Introduce the second protagonist.
3. 9,000 words: Exploration of the story world; new characters and nuggets of information. Things are still going well, but introduce the villain(s).
4. 18,000 words: Things fall apart! The story becomes bigger than the characters. Things happen, they get saved, things get worse, repeat, repeat, repeat.
5. 6,000 words: Reveal bigger quest.
6. 6,000 words: Challenges are defeated. Things are learned. Characters change.
7. 6,000 words: Resolve any leftover issues. Epilogue.
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