Mansion escape preptober idk abt the title

Week One

The Spark: What Are You Writing?
Oct 1 - Oct 9
This week is about turning "I have an idea" into something resembling a story.
The Elevator Pitch: Describe your story in 50 words or fewer. Then try again in one sentence. 5 people woke up in a random mansion with no lights and creepy sound. They have to work together to find the exit without knowing there's an imposter who put them in there.
5 people woke up in a creepy mansion and needs to work together to escape without knowing there is an imposter.
Three Things I Know: Provide three things you absolutely know about your story and three things you haven't figured out yet.
I know:
The surroundings and the things in the mansion
What the antagonist wants
How they got in
I don't know:
The characters' roles/job
The characters' personality
The way they will escape


The Promise: Complete the following phrase: "I want this story to make the reader feel ______." Then explain why.
I want this story to make the readers feel surprised and excited for the plots. It's going to have lots and lots of plot twists
CHALLENGE. Steal This Prompt: Pick one of these 10 elements and incorporate it somehow into your concept.
- A locked door
- An unwanted inheritance
- A lie told at dinner
- Something buried beneath a tree
- An embarrassing lie
- A secret
- Something very very pink
- A monster
- A sport game
- A story within a story

A lie told at dinner
They were having a dinner meeting in a restaurant and someone lied and said that they brought a driver to bring them home. But in reality, the driver released a type of gas and made everyone fall asleep and forget everything that happened in the past 24 hours.