Three Act Structure (As Requested by Mimi)

A dear friend of mine (and coincidentally one of my bridesmaids) requested some tips on basic plotting and three act structure. I came into the conversation late and so my contributions to the conversation were a brick instead of "part of the conversation".

Anyway, what you are about to read is what I told her, but cleaned up. And I mean kind of cleaned up, expect this entry to be a little bit sketchy and less coherent than my usual blog entries. That's because it's actually a chat log that I...