My Absolute Favourite Resource On Story Structure

Middles are hard, y’all.

For many, many years and many, many stories, I really struggled to know WHAT went in the middle of a story. Like, yeah, okay, it’s supposed to exacerbate the conflict. It’s supposed to complicate things. It’s supposed to get the protag. to the climax and there should be a reversal in the middle. I know.

I know. I KNOW.

Did this help navigate the middle any more than a completely blank page?

Well, marginally. But it wasn’t until I watched this lecture by M...