Today, I show you some interesting links I found throughout the internet.
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(Three-act structure does suck. The “second act” always needs more meat.)
“IT’S THIS WHOLE DULL FOCUS ON BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END, WHICH MAKES SOME BASIC SENSE IN TERMS OF “SUMMARIZING” A PLOT, BUT IT GIVES ZERO INDICATION OF HOW TO ACTUALLY WRITE THAT STORY.”
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(Alex Athans makes an important point.)
“[The “Nation of Immigrants” idea] is actually more of a modern conception. The first few great waves of immigration…were actually tightly controlled affairs. And the integration was not as smooth as we’re lead to believe.”
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(This lady has the right idea. Good on you, @TheLauralania from Twitter!)
“Guys deserve to be spoiled & told how handsome they are daily. Do you expect him to treat you like a Queen if you treat him like a servant?”
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(This was done with an Etch-A-Sketch.)
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(No Black Widow movie because there isn’t much distinctive about her mythos.)
I prefer five act myself. The main weakness of three act is the middle act needs support in the middle. That’s why modern versions lean so hard on try/fails cycles and other contrivances. Five act remedies this by forcing the main character’s key moral and plot decision to be at the center point of the story.
I agree with you. I usually default to a five act structure when I write now.