Three-Act Structure

I recently gave a report on three-act structure. Because it’s a subject that I gave a lot of thought to, and I’m unwilling to throw stuff away, the analysis of the usual beats in a particular screenplay is all being rewritten here.

Introduction

Act One

• The Inciting Incident
• Self-Annihilation

Act Two

• The Promise of the Premise
• The Midpoint
• The Belly of the Beast
• The Moment of Defeat

Act Three

• The Exile’s Return
• Negation of the Negation
• The Final Challenge
• The Final Minutes

Ancililary

• Exceptions
• Estonian Semantics
• The Feedback Loop
• Short-Tension VS Global Tension
• Apophenia
• Strangers On a Train