Trying to learn how to break a story

For something like the past eight months I've been going back and forth with Disney on the proposal for my second book. It's been a frustrating process at times, but I have learned a lot about how stories work.

(A proposal, for those not in the biz, is generally a 2-8 page synopsis and two sample chapters).

I'm not a big outliner. In fact, I have a phobia…