Day Twenty-Three~Write a Story Outline

I wasn't sure if I should come up with an original outline or not. In the end I decided on not. This challenge was all about writing down ideas in a cohesive format. If I came up with an original story for my outline, I would want to use that story for day thirty. Well, actually, this is a lame excuse. I mostly just don't want to come up with two stories. I will be using my story, The Duel.

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In a dark clearing, Marcel and Eustace arrive. Marcel asks Eustace if he wants to proceed. Cadmus arrives. Has a scrape on his cheek. Marcel tries to talk Eustace out of dueling. Eustace takes the box of dueling pistols from Marcel by force. Eustace takes the pistols to Cadmus. While they both load their pistols, Cadmus tries to persuade Eustace to shoot Marcel. Eustace doesn't. Eustace and Cadmus stand back to back and begin stepping away from each other. Cadmus is counting to ten. Eustace turns around and shoots Cadmus at eight even though he was supposed to wait till ten. Eustace goes over to Cadmus and takes the un-shot pistol from his hand. Marcel is disgusted with Eustace and Marcel tries to convince Eustace to repent what he did. Eustace does not, feels he did nothing wrong. Marcel and Eustace get into a fight. Marcel scrapes Eustace's let cheek, Eustace shoots Marcel, killing him.

Latter than night when Eustace gets home, he decides to read a book. He lights a candle next to his reading chair which is next to a window. He leaves the room to get the book. Comes back. He thinks he sees Cadmus in his chair. Cadmus is actually looking though the window. When Eustace gets close to the window he sees Cadmus is not there, but that is it his own reflections.

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This is more detailed than I would do in real life. Much more so. Short stories are, well...short. I don't really need a written outline to keep track of the plot. It is only for my novels I write down plots. And when I do write outlines, they are not as detailed as what you saw above. In reality, if I had written a plot outline for "The Duel", it would probably would have looked more like this;

Eustace and Cadmus duel. Eustace cheats, then kills Marcel. Later when Eustace goes home, he thinks he sees Cadmus's face in a window but it is his own reflection.