Who: Who is the main character? Who are the other important characters?

Wants What?: The main character has to want something to make the story interesting. What does the main character want in the story?

But?: But what happens? What gets in the way of the character getting what he or she wants? This is the problem of the story. It must eventually be resolved.

So?: So what does the character do to try to solve the problem? What works for the character? What doesn’t?

Then?: And then what happens? How is the problem solved? How does the story end?