Here are 2 diagrams of a plot. Study them and choose what you think suits the story that you pick.
The first diagram is a classic literary plot diagram.
Here's another diagram:
Why don't you try arranging the following events in "Cask of Amontillado"? Choose either of the 2 diagrams.
taking 2 flambeaux
telling the whole story
re-erecting the pile of bones
going down into the catacomb
vowing revenge
putting on the mask
hiding the building stones and mortar
chaining to the wall
departure of the servants
relating the purchase of the Amontillado
building the catacomb
platering up the wall
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