Pre-Production - The Story Arc

The first thing that should be done in animation is the story. Whether its your own idea, or adapting from a book, you still need to write up the plot, the characters and the settings that are involved. In some cases, the plot can be at an ongoing process, like a book with many chapters. The story will take a lot of writing to make until it is satisfactory. sometimes, you'll have to re-write it a few times if some changes are needed.

There are eight points in the structuring a story. all of which flow into the plot and development on the character and background. If it is an everyday life scenario set in the story, that is called the "Stasis". In many major stories, there is the "trigger" and "quest" which involves the protagonist/hero and what they aiming for, like finding a map to an ancient treasure. Your story can have "surprise" which are several elements somewhere in the middle of the story, involving the character facing obstacles, conflict with another and any other type of trouble or danger. There should also involve the character having a "critical choice". This is like choosing the path between good or bad. If you aim for a unhappy ending, then it is most likely to consider the character making the wrong choice. All of this will result in the "climax" of the story. Almost drawing the end of the scene. The consequences of the choice can end with the "reversal" result on a character, changing their status and so on. And finally having the story resolved, having the character changed, but also ending the story. what reflects in the choice and climax, and even the reversal, the "resolution" can either be a good or bad ending for the character.

So in summary, an story arc requires:

1. Stasis
2. Trigger
3. Quest
4. Surprise
5. Critical choice
6. Climax
7. Reversal
8. Resolution