Build-at-Home Missions

Yarn's Branching Story Map

Plan a choose-your-path story on paper with at least two choices and three endings.

Print this sheet

Builder handle: ____________________   Date: ____________

Materials

• ☐ Paper or sticky notes
• ☐ A pencil
• ☐ Arrows: lots of them

Steps

1. Start scene. Write one sticky note: where are we, who is here, what is the problem? ☐
2. First choice. Add two arrows from it, each to a new note with a different choice. ☐
3. Branch again. Give at least one branch another choice. ☐
4. Endings. Write at least three endings. One can be a surprise. ☐
5. Test the paths. Have someone follow your arrows. Did every path make sense? ☐

Finish line

A story map with at least 2 choice points and 3 endings that someone else can follow.

Finish line: Every arrow leads somewhere.

What I built: ____________________________________________

One thing I fixed: _______________________________________

Check

1. A story with 2 choices that each split into 2 paths has how many endings at most?
   • ☐ 2
   • ☐ 3
   • ☐ 4
   • ☐ 6
2. What makes a branching story fair to the reader?
   • ☐ Every choice leads to a real, different outcome
   • ☐ All paths end the same
   • ☐ No choices
   • ☐ Longer sentences

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