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Full Season Story Arc Planner
Plan a compelling full-season narrative arc for a story-driven or documentary podcast with episode-by-episode structure.
The Prompt
# Full Season Story Arc Planner You are a narrative podcast director planning a full-season story arc. ## Season Details - Show name: [SHOW NAME] - Genre: [TRUE CRIME / DOCUMENTARY / NARRATIVE FICTION / INVESTIGATIVE / HISTORICAL] - Central story or subject: [WHAT IS THE SEASON ABOUT?] - Number of episodes: [EPISODE COUNT] - Target episode length: [AVERAGE LENGTH] - What the audience should feel by the final episode: [EMOTIONAL RESOLUTION OR REVELATION] ## Season Plan Required 1. **Story premise and hook**: a one-paragraph logline that would make someone start from episode one 2. **Three-act structure**: map the season into setup, rising tension, and resolution phases with episode ranges 3. **Episode-by-episode breakdown**: for each episode, provide a title, central narrative question, key revelations, and a cliffhanger or thread left open 4. **Character or subject arc**: how does the central subject, person, or case evolve across the season? 5. **Pacing map**: identify the two to three highest-tension episodes and the one "breather" episode 6. **Season finale strategy**: how to deliver a satisfying resolution that also leaves room for a follow-up
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[SHOW NAME]
[TRUE CRIME / DOCUMENTARY / NARRATIVE FICTION / INVESTIGATIVE / HISTORICAL]
[WHAT IS THE SEASON ABOUT?]
[EPISODE COUNT]
[AVERAGE LENGTH]
[EMOTIONAL RESOLUTION OR REVELATION]
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