For Elements of Act I, go here:
Act II, Part 1 is the second quarter of a story: the second half-hour of a movie (pages 30-60 in a 120-page script), or pages 100-200 in a 400-page book. As I’ve said, we’re dividing that long Act II into two separate acts, Act II: Part 1, and Act II: Part 2.
We’ve already set up a whole lot in Act I. So these first few Key…