by The Avenger
Each of us might say it a little differently, but story does take a bit of thought and planning. I think you hit all of the points very nicely.
While, I feel, this is well written and well planned I do feel this could have been improved. The issue for me is this how-to on story telling is too academic. If I want to read an academic discussion on writing a story then I would buy literary guide to story writing instead of searching Literotica. My personal feeling is if you brought the writing level down, a grade or two, it would be a very powerful guide and useful guide.