We're finally at the event story. We'll add the event (maybe) and due date when we get there. The four types are:

Milieu: This story is about the world in which the story takes places in.

Idea: This story is about some information that people are looking for or a question people are looking to answer.

Character: This story is about a character; why they are the way they are and how they act.

Event: This story is about something happening, why it happens, and the consequences of it happening.

More info can be found at the link:

https://proamwriters.wordpress.com/2018/09/06/the-mice-quotient-a-writer...

or do a search for mice quotient but it is not a unique search result.

Event stories seem to be the most common of the four categories. Something happens, and then the story unfolds. While all stories have events, the event in question changes the natural order, the status quo (much like Todorov’s Theory of Narrative). These stories usually end when the characters succeed in returning the world to normal or fail to do so.

Because the event is what is important here, you can characterise your characters as much as you want, but personally, I’d say characterise them as much as you can. The reason for this is that while the event may be interesting, I think your characters will be doing a lot of work pulling the reader forward. Whereas milieu has fantastical lands to use and idea stories can draw intrigue by pursuing the answers to the questions, the event story must show how drastic the event was, and this can be done better through characters.

Per usual, post your submission as a child page under the writing prompt page. Post comments and critiques to a particular sub as comments to that page.