Story scripts should be simple and emotional. Students are attracted to verbs and emotions. But too many verbs confuse them and stories lacking in emotion bore them.
Amy Catania wrote a story about a waitress who lost her new ring and started jumping up and down on a table screaming, “Where is my ring?” Everybody looked for the ring. A boy found the ring in his hamburger, saw that is was expensive, and ran out of the restaurant.
I could see that happening in our school cafeteria tomorrow. It’s simple, and full of emotion. Emotions trump plot.