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Writing Fiction That Sells

 
< P > A C T O N E T h e S e t u p < / P > < P > I n A c t O n e t h e p r o t a g o n i s t m e e t s a l l o f t h e c h a r a c t e r s i n t h e s t o r y . W e a l s o l e a r n t h e m a i n p r o b l e m o f t h e s t o r y . E v e r y b o d y c a n u s u a l l y p l o t A c t O n e b e c a u s e w e h a v e t o k n o w t h e p r o b l e m t o h a v e t h e i d e a . T h e t r i c k i n A c t O n e i s t o k e e p i t i n t e r e s t i n g . D o n ' t j u s t s t a r t r o l l i n g o u t s t o r y p o i n t s . S t a r t a t t h e m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g p o i n t , w h e r e t h e r e i s c o n f l i c t a n d e x c i t e m e n t , a n d h e l p t h e a u d i e n c e s o r t i t o u t . < / P > < P > A c t O n e i s a p r e p a r a t i o n a c t f o r t h e v i e w e r o r r e a d e r . T h i s i s w h e r e t h e y l e a r n a b o u t t h e c e n t r a l c h a r a c t e r w h e t h e r t h e y l i k e h i m , w h e t h e r t h e y c a r e a b o u t h i m , a n d w h e t h e r t h e y c a r e a b o u t h i s d i l e m m a . < / P > < P > T h e p r o t a g o n i s t m a y b e t h e h e r o o r t h e v i l l a i n , d e p e n d i n g o n w h o s e s t o r y i s m o r e i n t e r e s t i n g , w h o s e s t o r y d r i v e s t h e p l o t f o r w a r d . < / P > < P > Y o u s h o u l d o p e n A c t O n e w i t h a b a n g . D o n ' t s t a r t a t " O n c e u p o n a t i m e . " O p e n w i t h a h o o k . < / P > < P > B y t h e e n d o f A c t O n e y o u s h o u l d a l s o h a v e i n t r o d u c e d t h e p r o t a g o n i s t , t h e a n t a g o n i s t a n d s e t u p a l l o f t h e s e c o n d a r y c h a r a c t e r r e l a t i o n s h i p s . < / P > < P > H e r e a r e s o m e g e n e r a l g u i d e l i n e s f o r t h e o b j e c t i v e s o f A c t O n e . < / P > < P > 1 . E s t a b l i s h t h e s t a t u s q u o f o r t h e p r o t a g o n i s t . < / P > < P > 2 . P r e s e n t t h e i n i t i a l i m p e t u s f o r a m o v e o r c h a n g e b y t h e p r o t a g o n i s t . < / P > < P > 3 . A s k t h e c e n t r a l q u e s t i o n o f t h e b o o k . S u m m a r i z e y o u r b o o k i n 2 5 w o r d s o r l e s s a n d y o u w i l l f i n d t h e c e n t r a l q u e s t i o n o f y o u r b o o k . < / P > < P > 4 . D e f i n e t h e w a n t s o f t h e m a j o r c h a r a c t e r s a n d t h e i r r e a s o n s f o r d e s i r i n g t h e s e t h i n g s . < / P > < P > 5 . L a y t h e g r o u n d w o r k a n d e s t a b l i s h t h e s t a k e s f o r t h e c h a s e t o o c c u r i n A c t 2 . < / P > < P > A C T T W O T h e C h a s e < / P > < P > T h i s i s t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t a c t i n t h e d r a m a b e c a u s e y o u h a v e t h e t w o m o s t i m p o r t a n t s t r u c t u r a l m o v e s i n t h e s t o r y . < / P > < P > 1 . I t c o m p l i c a t e s t h e i n i t i a l p r o b l e m . < / P > < P > 2 . I t d e f e a t s t h e p r o t a g o n i s t a t i t s e n d . < / P > < P > T h e c o m p l i c a t i o n u s u a l l y c o m e s a t t h e t o p o f A c t T w o . T h e p r o b l e m t h a t w e a l r e a d y s e t u p i n A c t O n e , n o w h a s t o b e c o m e m u c h m o r e d a n g e r o u s a n d d i f f i c u l t . < / P > < P > A g o o d w a y t o d e s i g n t h e c o m p l i c a t i o n i s t o l e t i t b e a p i e c e o f t h e b a c k - s t o r y t h a t h a s r e m a i n e d h i d d e n u n t i l A c t T w o . T h e p r o t a g o n i s t m u s t t h e n s t a r t t o t r y t o s o l v e t h i s b i g g e r , m o r e c o m p l i c a t e d p r o b l e m , w h i l e t h e a d v e r s a r i e s m a k e m o v e s t o d e f e a t t h e m . Y o u r a d v e r s a r i e s m u s t b e i n m o t i o n . A d v e r s a r i e s s h o u l d n o t b e s t a n d i n g a r o u n d , w a i t i n g t o b e c a u g h t . < / P > < P > T h e e n d o f A c t T w o m a r k s t h e d e s t r u c t i o n o f t h e p r o t a g o n i s t s p l a n . < / P > < P > A t t h e e n d o f A c t T w o t h e p r o t a g o n i s t s h o u l d b e a l m o s t d e s t r o y e d , a n d a t t h e l o w e s t p o i n t i n t h e d r a m a , e i t h e r p h y s i c a l l y a n d / o r e m o t i o n a l l y . H e ( o r s h e ) i s f l a t o n h i s b a c k a n d i t l o o k s l i k e t h e r e i s n o w a y h e c a n s u c c e e d . < / P > < P > H e r e a r e s o m e g e n e r a l g u i d e l i n e s f o r t h e o b j e c t i v e s o f A c t T w o . < / P > < P > 1 . T h e p r o t a g o n i s t b e h a v e s d i f f e r e n t l y , m o r e a s s e r t i v e . < / P > < P > 2 . T h e p r o t a g o n i s t t r i e s t o d o t h e r i g h t t h i n g , b u t i s f o i l e d b y t h e a n t a g o n i s t t h r e e t i m e s . T h e s e a r e c a l l e d r e v e r s a l s . T h i n k o f a n y s t o r y a n d s p o t t h e r e v e r s a l s . T h e o v e r a l l c o n f l i c t h a s t h r e e r e v e r s a l s a n d o n e c o n c l u s i o n . < / P > < P > 3 . U s e t h e i n f o r m a t i o n p r e s e n t e d i n A c t O n e . T h i s i s t h e g r o u n d w o r k w e d i s c u s s e d d u r i n g A c t O n e . O b j e c t s a n d f a c t s t h a t a p p e a r e d i n t h e b a c k g r o u n d o f A c t O n e n o w t a k e o n n e w m e a n i n g s s i g n i f i c a n t t o t h e p l o t . < / P > < P > 4 . M a k e t h e c h a s e u n p r e d i c t a b l e , s t i m u l a t i n g , e n g a g i n g a n d u n i q u e . < / P > < P > 5 . R e l y h e a v i l y o n p h y s i c a l a c t i o n . < / P > < P > 6 . P u t t h e c h a r a c t e r s i n i n t e r e s t i n g s i t u a t i o n s a n d l o c a t i o n s , e n s u r i n g t h o s e s i t u a t i o n s a n d l o c a t i o n s r e l a t e t o t h e h e r o s i n t e n t . < / P > < P > A C T T H R E E < / P > < P > T h i s i s s i m p l y t h e r e s o l u t i o n o f t h e p r o b l e m . F r o m t h e r u b b l e l a y i n g a r o u n d h i m / h e r , t h e p r o t a g o n i s t p i c k s u p a p i e c e o f s t r i n g a n d f o l l o w s i t t o t h e e v e n t u a l c o n c l u s i o n o f t h e s t o r y . S o m e s t o r i e s h a v e d o w n b e a t e n d i n g s , w h e r e t h e p r o t a g o n i s t l e a r n s a l e s s o n , b u t d i e s o r i s d e f e a t e d . < / P > < P > O f c o u r s e , t h e r e i s n o p r e c i s e f o r m u l a f o r s u c c e s s . I t i s a l w a y s p o s s i b l e t o a l t e r t h i s T h r e e A c t S t r u c t u r e , b u t r e m e m b e r , i f y o u b r e a k t h e s e p l o t r u l e s , y o u s h o u l d a t l e a s t k n o w w h y y o u a r e d o i n g i t . < / P > < P > H e r e a r e s o m e g e n e r a l g u i d e l i n e s f o r t h e o b j e c t i v e s o f A c t T h r e e . < / P > < P > 1 . A n s w e r t h e c e n t r a l q u e s t i o n o f t h e b o o k . < / P > < P > 2 . F u l f i l l a l l t h e p r o m i s e s m a d e i n A c t s O n e a n d T w o . < / P > < P > 3 . A n s w e r a l l q u e s t i o n s a s k e d i n A c t s O n e a n d T w o n o l o o s e e n d s . < / P > < P > 4 . T h e p r o t a g o n i s t m u s t u n d e r g o a c h a n g e t o c o n q u e r a l a r g e r v e r s i o n o f s o m e t h i n g t h a t c o n q u e r e d h i m d u r i n g A c t O n e . < / P >
Author: Patrick Dent
 
Author Bio:

Patrick Dent

Hello, I'm Patrick Dent, author of the new espionage thriller, Execution of Justice, and founder of Creative Writing - Fiction, the online resource for new authors.

 
 
 

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