Week 3The Three Act Structure

Hemmingway’s 6 Word Short Story

For Sale.

Hemmingway’s 6 Word Short Story

For Sale. Baby Shoes.

Hemmingway’s 6 Word Short Story

For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never Used.

Hemmingway’s 6 Word Short Story

For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never Used.

Hemmingway’s 6 Word Short Story

The beginning, middle, and end.

William Goldman

Adventures in the Screen Tradescreenwriting is carpentry.

"The single most important thing contributed by the screenwriter is the structure.”

Robert McKee Story

“A story well told must be a vehicle for emotion. The audience has to be moved.”

Syd Field

lots of booksThe Paradigm

Unity

themepurpose

POV

Act 1If you put a gun onstage in Act I,

you must use it by Act III.Anton Chekhov

If there is something wrong with the third act, it’s really in the first act.

Billy Wilder

Act 1

This is where you set it all up.

This is the hard work.

Act 2

Complications

Act 3

Resolutions

Seven Easy Steps to a Better Story

Once upon a time …And every day …Until one day…

And because of this …And because of this …

Until finally …And ever since that day …

Brian MacDonald,Invisible Ink

“Build it up. Deconstruct it. Rebuild it.”Mark Kennedy

Zen