As I was trying to cram a 40 minute act one into a tidy box under 30 pages (and failing miserably), I started looking around and came across this structure on some thriller novelist's website. Oddly enough, the beats nearly lockstep with my first draft and the Act 1 climax that lingers all the way to page 40 fits nicely in pace with the Act 4 "point of no return" which comes in at around page 40. In fact, the more I looked at it, the more I kept seeing what I had already laid out matching up in most areas, as if my brain was already in tune with these beats.
Aside from the no rules, write your story, etc, what's the opinion on deviating from the traditional three act structure where specs (and hopefully representation, more work, boatloads of money, chicks, fast cars, etc) come in?
Aside from the no rules, write your story, etc, what's the opinion on deviating from the traditional three act structure where specs (and hopefully representation, more work, boatloads of money, chicks, fast cars, etc) come in?
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