In recent months, I have done far more reading than writing, much to the detriment of progress on my latest novel. Nevertheless, I have enjoyed catching up on the works of other Sci-Fi writers from whom I can learn a lot, and I have enjoyed re-reading some of the technical screenwriting material on the subject …
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The Three-Act Structure
Novelists can learn a lot from scriptwriters who have developed a number of tools for story development. One such tool is the three-act structure. Screenwriters often use "Acts" - a concept more familiar to staged drama - to breakdown the structure of their movies into major parts. Of course there are no curtain calls in …
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