ACT 3 Flashcards
What is the first structure in the third act timeline?
The third plot point
What is found in the third plot point structure?
A dark moment for the character. After the victory at the end of the second act, he experiences a reversal
What is the second structure in the third act timeline?
Recovery
What is the recovery structure all about?
Protagonist stumbles as he questions his choices, his commitment to his goal, and his own worth and ability.
What is the third structure in the third act timeline?
Climax Begins
What is the Climax Begins structure all about?
This turning point forces the protagonist and the antagonist to finally face each other.
What is the forth structure in the third act timeline?
Confrontation.
What is the Confrontation structure all about?
Duel to the (literal or metaphoric) death. What occurs here ensures protagonist and antagonist cannot both walk away.
What is the Climatic Moment all about?
The moment the protagonist goal is met, it becomes a physical impossibility for the conflict to continue.
What is the fifth structure in the third act timeline?
Climatic Moment.
What is the Resolution structure all about?
Ease readers out of the excitement of the Climax and into the final emotion.
What is the last structure in the third act timeline?
Resolution.
