7-Point Plot Structure – Plot Theory

If you’ve ever read a Dan Wells novel, you’ll know that guy is a genius at story. He’s so good, in fact, that he’s got his very own story structure, the 7-Point Plot Structure, and today we’re going to go into what it looks like. There are three different elements to this, and this is an outlining system Dan uses in which the story moves forward along seven sequential points.

In Story Order, these points are:

Hook Plot Turn I Pinch I Midpoint Pinch II Plot Turn II Resolution

While these are...