Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

Your Act II Climax: The Dark Night and the Dawn

Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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Alexandra Sokoloff
Jul 28, 2023
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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 after—or soon after—the other. There might be a climactic action sequence before or after, but these elements will be the true turning point of the Act. And it goes like this:

After the Hero/ine’s blackes…

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