3 Act Structure

Knock Down Drag Out Write!

Knock Down Drag Out Write! Day 07

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Current Word Count

Jason has 1,200.

Leah has 5,500

They should be at 10,800 (12,600 by the end of day 7)

In today’s episode, Jason and Leah talk about the end of Act 1.

This problem transitions to the middle of the book and gives the protagonist something to do (a goal), and a choice to make. It’s the first major step once the protagonist is on the path to the core conflict. It’s also where the stakes are significantly raised for the first time.

This quote is from
www.blog.janicehardy.com/2013/10/how-to-plot-with-three-act-structure.html

 

Knock-Down, Drag-Out Write

Knock Down Drag Out Write! Day 01

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In the first episode of Knock Down Drag Out Write!, Jason and Leah ask, how will they find the time to write 50,000 words by the end of November?  Just what is collaborative fiction writing anyway?  The when the where, and the sheer skepticism of ability…

Listen as they pick their characters, settings, problems, and solutions out of thin air.  This could be very interesting, or very, very, very, vague.  Can they knit together the lots they’ve drawn without their lives unraveling?

Our Plot

Using the automatic plot generator, below is what we have to include in our novel.

The plot we picked.