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Oct 23, 2011 at 9:18pm
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Re: Got the Characters, but no plot
Try to make a paradigm to figure out Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3. Syd Field came up with the 3 act structure for movies, and it works for novels, too. For a 120-page screenplay, Act one is 30 pages long, Act 2 is 60 pages long, and Act 3 is 30 pages long. For a 24 chapter novel, Act 1 could be 6 chapters, Act 2 could be 12 chapters, and Act 3 could be 6 chapters long. I'll try to give you a link to an article at Wikipedia that will help you. Give me a minute.

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Got the Characters, but no plot · 10-23-11 9:07pm
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