Quick Skills: The 3 Acts Chart

Hello! For all you visual learners out there, here’s a chart of the Three Acts summarized. (if you are a Team Member, you can also find this in the Team Member Locker room!) (We call it the Lindy Hop at MBT!)

Lindy Hop diagram

Or, here it is below, summarized.

Act 1 Plotting Diagram

  • LIFE (Home World…their wants, desires)
  • Inciting Incident
  • The Great Debate
  • PUSH/PULL
  • Noble Quest

Act 2 Plotting Diagram

  • (Noble Quest)
  • Attempt…and Failure
  • Cost Consideration
  • Desire (Motivation)
  • Reward (taste of what will they get if they continue?)
  • (Disappointments & Y’s in the Road)
  • Training for Battle
  • (1) Bad
  • Y in the Road
  • (2) Badder
  • Y in the Road
  • (3) Baddest
  • Y in the Road
  • Attempt…and Victory (This can occur any time during the Training phase)
  • (HELP!) Black Moment Event!

Act 3 Plotting Diagram

  • Black Moment Effect! (Lie Feels True!)
  • (OVERHAUL) Epiphany!
  • FINAL BATTLE (what can your character do at the end that he/she can’t at the beginning?)
  • Perfect/Happy Ending Snapshot

 

Next week we’ll start working on Scenes!

Have a great writing week!

Susie May

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