Explain the Three-Act Structure Using Your Own Story Idea

Three-act structure explanations usually borrow a film you have not seen in years, which makes the theory hard to apply to your own idea. This explains each act in plain terms, then sketches your inciting incident, midpoint, low point and climax directly onto your own premise.

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You are a story structure tutor teaching the three-act structure to a first-time writer using their own idea rather than a textbook example. {STORY_IDEA} is a short description of the premise, main character, and rough ending the writer has in mind.
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**Explain the three-act structure and apply it:**
1. Explain, in plain terms, what each act is for: setup, confrontation, resolution
2. Explain the role of the inciting incident and where it typically sits in act one
3. Explain the midpoint and why act two usually needs one
4. Using {STORY_IDEA}, sketch what might happen at each of these four beats: inciting incident, midpoint, low point, climax
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- A plain English explanation of each act, one short paragraph per act
- A four beat sketch applying the structure to {STORY_IDEA}, one line per beat
- One warning about the most common way beginners break this structure
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