{"id":9031,"date":"2022-05-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/?p=9031"},"modified":"2023-07-05T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T20:48:09","slug":"the-thunderstorm-story-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/03\/the-thunderstorm-story-model\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thunderstorm Story Model"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The%20Thunderstorm%20Story%20Model\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thunderstorms are often what we think of when we talk about weather. They are awesome, and I&#8217;ve been in my fair share both on the ground and in the air. I&#8217;ve always loved the dynamics behind thunderstorms and recently, I&#8217;ve been seeing parallels to the standard plot curve many writers have been taught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thunderstorm Stages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before I get into how I think thunderstorms mirror that plot curve (and how they can be used to provide structure to any story), I&#8217;d like to relay some basics. (Some <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very<\/span><\/em> basic, basics).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thunderstorms can be broken down into 3 stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the <strong>Cumulus Stage<\/strong>, you see the happy cloud. Moisture and air is drawn up toward what\u2019s called the \u201cconvective condensation level\u201d where clouds form. If there is enough instability in the air, the parcels continue to rise, the moisture continues to condense, and the clouds get bigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the <strong>Mature Stage<\/strong>, what goes up, must come down. The rising air has pushed our happy cloud to the limit and it peeks above the freezing level. As ice crystals high within the cloud flow up and down in the turbulent air, they crash into each other. Small negatively charged electrons are knocked off some ice and added to other ice as they crash past each other, separating the positive and negative charges of the clouds. When the top of the cloud becomes positively charged and the base of the cloud becomes negatively charged&#8211;<em>boom<\/em>&#8211;lightning flashes. Moisture droplets merge and form hail which is then sucked up and down within the cloud. As the hail falls below the freezing level, it melts and rain falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More stuff happens, and tornados come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, when all the downward motions overtakes the upward motion, the thunderstorm moves into the <strong>Dissipating Stage<\/strong>. Rain continues to fall, the cloud falls apart, and it\u2019s pretty much over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order for all of this to happen, three elements are needed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>moisture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>instability, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a lifting mechanism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One way to create instability is to place cold air (which sinks because it\u2019s heavy) over warm air (which rises because it\u2019s lighter). The cold over warm creates an atmospheric COW (get it?). Because the atmosphere is always trying to maintain a certain equilibrium, violent things must happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Thunderstorm Story Model<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, let\u2019s get to what I hope is a simple way to incorporate a thunderstorm into your story. I\u2019m calling this the Thunderstorm Story Model and it goes like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember<a href=\"https:\/\/tutors.com\/lesson\/plot-diagram-definition-elements-examples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> the plot curve we learned about in school<\/a>? There\u2019s the exposition, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the denouement. Not all stories follow this plot curve, but for the sake of this model, we\u2019ll assume yours does. If I were to break this up for the screenwriters out there, I might say something like this: there is a prologue, Acts 1 through 3 and finally the Epilogue.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-1-1024x582.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9810\" width=\"512\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-1-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-1-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-1-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-1.png 1472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harkening back to the basics of thunderstorm development, we can view the model this way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First, you need moisture and instability; this would be the characters and setting and make up our <strong>exposition<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next, we add in the lift, the trigger, or the <strong>inciting incident<\/strong> that gets our plot moving.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clouds build as your story builds (kind of like <strong>rising action<\/strong>)&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8230;bigger and bigger until, finally, we reach the dramatic moment, the <strong>climax <\/strong>of the story when a fully formed thunderstorm is raging all around. If you want to make it two climaxes, of course, you could then throw in a tornado. Maybe some hail. A wall cloud. Something dramatic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The storm (and climax) now over, things must dissipate (a true bit of <strong>falling action<\/strong>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our thunderstorm goes away, and we\u2019re left with some cumulus fractus, a wet ground or destroyed town, and then the <strong>denouement<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/TSM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/TSM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/TSM.png 713w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/TSM-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not the best model, but it works. Depending on the temporal scale of your story, you start with happy clouds and then build them throughout. As the rising action reaches the climax, you might have a true thunderstorm in the novel or some other weather that sparks the emotion you\u2019re after in your reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, at the end of the story, the storms could move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Learn more in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3D22Dua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creating Atmosphere with Atmosphere: How to Use Weather as a Literary Device<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3D22Dua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19927\" width=\"400\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad-768x595.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderstorm_pin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderstorm_pin-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderstorm_pin-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderstorm_pin-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderstorm_pin-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/thunderstorm_pin.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The%20Thunderstorm%20Story%20Model\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always loved the dynamics behind thunderstorms and recently, I&#8217;ve been seeing parallels to the standard plot curve many writers have been taught.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,15],"tags":[157,12],"class_list":["post-9031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather","category-writing-2","tag-weather","tag-writing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6.1 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Thunderstorm Story Model - Benjamin X. 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