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Writing Act III: Essential Elements & Useful Tricks
This week’s post runs through the elements of Act III, with links to expanded breakdowns of those elements! THE THREE-PART ACT THREE: Act III is very…
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Alexandra Sokoloff
Writing Act III: Essential Elements & Useful Tricks
This week’s post runs through the elements of Act III, with links to expanded breakdowns of those elements! THE THREE-PART ACT THREE: Act III is very…
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Alexandra Sokoloff
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Focusing on the TEAM
The TEAM is the collection of allies: family, friends, teachers, kind strangers - who help the Hero/ine achieve the DESIRE that is driving the action of…
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Alexandra Sokoloff
Use that Back to School energy for your writing!
It’s September, and I don’t know about you, but this time of year I always get this rush of nervous, excited, Back to School energy. As writers, we can…
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Alexandra Sokoloff
August 2023
Writing Your Act III: THE CASTLE
We’ve been working our way through the story structure of a book or script and heading for the home stretch: breaking down the components of an Act III…
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Alexandra Sokoloff
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Act III: The New Plan
Here, very simply, are the broad strokes of Act III of a book or script: At the end of Act II: Part 2, everything crashes in an All is Lost Moment…
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Alexandra Sokoloff
The third quarter drop-dead
Act II: Part 2, the third quarter of your story, is very often when writers hit the wall and abandon their books or scripts. Why is that and how can we…
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Alexandra Sokoloff
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SELMA Story Analysis
August 6 is the anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s signing of the Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing Black Americans the right to vote —which had…
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Alexandra Sokoloff
Nailing Your Act II Climax
The Dark Night and The Dawn, Part 2. No matter what genre you’re writing in or looking at, the climax of the second act of a book or script is almost…
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Alexandra Sokoloff
July 2023
Your Act II Climax: The Dark Night and the Dawn
These two key story structure elements are very, very often the CLIMAX of Act II: Part 2. They almost always occur next to each other, one coming right…
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Alexandra Sokoloff
Creating Character: Your Protagonist's GHOST, WOUND or CORE TRAUMA
I got an excellent question this week about how and where to reveal a Protagonist’s Ghost or Wound. This is perfect timing for our discussion of the…
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Alexandra Sokoloff
Act II: Part II — Visit to the Goddess
As we continue our discussion of Act II: Part 2, I want to make sure you’re aware of this important story element. It can be tremendously useful—and…
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Alexandra Sokoloff
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