goodolnoah wrote:Hey!!! I'm so glad to see that you are so far along, and you've passed the kiss scene. Looks like you are doing good work!
I also find it really interesting that you use the four act structure, is there a set of events you assign to these four acts?
@goodolnoah -- thank you!! and great question!
I loosely follow the save the cat story structure. There are more specific story beats for romance that I kind of blend into the save the cat beats. Save the cat is a three act structure, but I personally find it easier to balance everything if I break it into four acts.
My act one is beginning through "debate"/"break into two"
My act two is "break into two" through "midpoint"
My act three is "midpoint" through "dark night of the soul"
My act four is "dark night of the soul" through the ending.
(so basically just diving the traditional act two into two different acts)
I write in Scrivener and I literally have a folder for each act and all the scenes for that act in each folder. Then I can clearly see that everything is balanced (and not 20 scenes in the first half and 12 in the second half or something). I like to clearly see that everything is hitting where it's supposed to -- like the midpoint is truly at the midpoint of the novel.
