Story Plotting

step 1: Genre
step 2: Theme(what your protagonist is about to learn in the story-internal journey)
step 3: your characters, protagonist(think about how your audience can connect and relate to)(protagonist's 3 things for happiness and their 3 fears and their misplaced believes)
step 4: 3 words to describe the mood or emotion of the story
step 5: location that suits the vibe of the story
BONUS TIPS:
Make an aesthetic board on Pinterest for your story idea
find quotes for your theme
create a playlist
give it a working title rather than calling it a story idea only

"what is the story u want to read, go and write that"