Here’s how the story spine and the six stages of story structure correlate: Once upon a time . . . . . . . . Exposition And every day . . . . . . . . . . Exposition Until one day . . . . . . . . . . . Inciting Incident Because of that . . . . . . . . . Progressive Complications Because of that . . . . . . . . . Progressive Complications Because of that . . . . . . . . . Progressive Complications Until finally . . . . . . . . . . . . Crisis and Climax And since that day . . . . . . . Resolution
