Screenwriting Tricks for Authors (and Screenwriters!): STEALING HOLLYWOOD: Story Structure Secrets for Writing Your BEST Book
Alexandra Sokoloffamazon.com
Screenwriting Tricks for Authors (and Screenwriters!): STEALING HOLLYWOOD: Story Structure Secrets for Writing Your BEST Book
Another inevitable element of the training sequence, and common to Act II:1 in general, is PLANTS AND PAYOFFS. For example, we learn that the hero/ine (and/or other members of the team) has a certain weakness in battle. That weakness will naturally have to be tested in the final battle. Yoda continually gets angry with Luke for not trusting the For
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END OF ACT TWO EVENT/TURN & DECISION (page 85-90):
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
TRUE POINT OF NO RETURN (page 98-100):
Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
Generally, a three-act story requires four memorable scenes: the Inciting Incident that opens the telling, and an Act One, Act Two, and Act Three Climax.