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 (about p. 300 in a 400-page book, about 90 minutes in to a 2 hour movie) everything crashes in an All is Lost Moment, or Black Moment, or Visit to Death.
And then, out of that complete despair comes a Revelation, Clue or Twist for the Hero/ine
That leads t…