Story structure

By Jill Williamson The three-act structure divides a story into three parts: setup, confrontation, and resolution. For this post, I’m going to use the movie The Wizard of Oz as an example. I've pulled much of these terms from script writing and morphed them into my own version of the three act structure. If you Google “three act structure” you’ll find many variations, but this is how I've broken it down for my own understanding. Also, The Wizard of Oz is a complex film. One could argue that…

Strong story structure is the backbone that makes a story "work." It can guide our writing to enable us to create stories that resonate with readers.

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The greatest hits of story structure, all in one place, arranged chronologically and side-by-side for your comparative viewing pleasure! This chart is only a small selection of story templates avai…

To force structure on a story too early is inevitably to force the story itself. You don’t want to impose structure; rather, you want the story to find its own

The Three-act structure. The definition of three-act structure is a narrative model that divides a plot up into three sections

Kurt Vonnegut published fourteen novels over a period of fifty years as well as numerous short stories, plays and works of non-fiction.