The 10-step process of the snowflake mothed really helps break down a blank canvas into creatively constrained bite-sized pieces. It also helps one figure out exactly what to write about.

Step 1 - One Sentence Summary

• Example: "A hobbit learns that his magic ring is the key to saving Middle Earth from the Dark Lord—The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien."

Step 2 - Expand The Sentence

• Identify the setup or introduction
• The three key turning points (call to action, plot-twist or new discovery, lowest-point or show-down)
• And the conclusion or climax

Step 3 - Main Character Summary

• One paragraph summary per character

Step 4 - Sentence To A Paragraph

• Expand each sentence in Step 2 into a paragraph

Step 5 - Description Of Characters

• Exapand Step 3 into a page or more per character
• Tell the story from the viewpoint of each character
• Include as much information as possible and get to “know” the character

Step 6 - Expand Plot Synopsis

• Exapand each paragraph from Step 4 into a page or more

Step 7 - Create Character Charts / Profiles

Step 8 - Create Scene List

• One line scene description
• About 50 to 100 scenes

Step 9 - Describe Each Scene

• Write a multi-paragraph narrative description of each scene.
• Include a list of characters and a description of what happens in the scene.

Step 10 - First Draft

(Taken from BubbleCow's 10-Step Snowflake Method)

For Step 1, I used sudowrite's story builder to create a synopsis close to what I wanted. Then I used ChatGPT to condense it into a one sentence description with examples for reference. Examples were taken from BubbleCow.

For Step 2, I used ChatGPT to generate a handful of generic conflicts. From those I selected my top 5 and ordered them by preference. I then had ChatGPT generate more refined conflicts with respect to my collections. I made changes, added plot twists, and even blended a few conflicts together using weights % until I could get a more ideal synopsis. From that, ChatGPT could generate the setup, key turning points, and conclusion - each two or three sentence summaries.