Notes on the Writing Life: Story Structure Circus Tent

Notes on the Writing Life

Notes on the Writing Life

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Story Structure Circus Tent

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I've been reading Alexandra Sokoloff and other writers on story structure. There's something not quite right about my draft, and I'm trying to figure out what's amiss. (I suspect it's the Antagonist, who keeps changing.)

In my search, I came across this visual, which I quite like:

Be sure to click on the blog to read the details. This "beat sheet" from from StoryFix.com helps, as well. The terms are slightly different from those that Sokoloff and others use, but the concept is the same.

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