I clicked on the link and read the blog post about the storytelling paths. The original poster - Sally Haughey of Fairy Dust Teaching - wrote so well about it I thought I would just link straight to her blog post. Please have a read it is a really great way to get the kids to think about the narrative structure, the pace of a narrative and all of the details. It would be great for a literary retell and also for planning for a narrative.
Read the blog post here: Storytelling Pathways