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Three Act Structure
Apr 23,2009 Scott MitchellWhen structuring a narrative, use three main parts with regular plot-points to bridge each part.
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One of the earliest guides to story-telling is Aristotle’s Poetics, which explains the Three Act Structure. The Three Acts are Beginning, Middle and End (or, more specifically, setup of the location and characters, confrontation of the problem, resolution of the problem).
- Act 1: The first act is generally used to establish the dramatic situation and introduce the main characters. At the end of the first act, an inciting incident complicates the story and moves the screenplay into the second act.
- Act 2: The second act, commonly described as “rising action”, typically depicts the protagonist attempting to solve the problems caused by the inciting incident. The Climax, which ends the second act, is the scene or sequence in which the main tension and dramatic questions of the story are brought to their most intense point.
- Act 3: Finally, the third act features the resolution of the story and its subplots.
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