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Oct 6 Rising Action

"2021 Prep Calendar"  [E]

Oct. 06: - Plot: Rising Action (How does the story get there?) ▼

Review your notes from the ""Premise"" and ""Beginning"" plot exercises, and tweak the conflict(s) and inciting incident as needed before proceeding with the ""Rising Action"" plot exercise, as follows:

(1) Describe any initial refusals on the part of your protagonist(s) to face the conflict.
(2) Describe the moment when your protagonist(s) makes the choice to face the conflict.
(3) Describe the moment when your protagonist(s) crosses the point of no return and cannot change their mind.
(4) Fill in some of the blanks: How will your characters get from the point of no return to the climax?

Premise, Beginning, Conflicts, Inciting Incident, Rising Action.   in Freytag's Pyramid.

Conflict: Between Wolf and monsters.

Rising Action:
Initial refusals of Wolf facing the conflict. He faces the mysterious phenomenons, and it takes some time for him to recognize they are all there because of the Book, and Poppy reminds him of the Book.

The moment Wolf makes the choice to face the conflict. He chooses to go to China to investigate Book. That's where he sees the monsters.

The moment Wolf crosses the point of no return, and cannot change his mind. When he is forced to battle the monsters, or he will be killed.

How will Wolf get from the point of no return to the climax?
(PNR is when he goes to battle the monsters. Climax is when he solves the riddle and saves Los Angeles.)
The answer is the Book. By defeating the monsters, he gets into another state of mind and reads the Book differently. The message he can now read in the Book (the riddle) is explained to him, and he now knows how to save Los Angeles.

In China, he is introduced to a university professor Xiao Tan who helps him with the translation of the Book. The three of them follow instructions of the Book and roam through Beijing. There the monsters take form and are visible to all three (Wolf, Poppy, Xiao).