Act II: Part 2 – The Downward Spiral

Act II:2 is the third quarter of a book or script, and generally the darkest quarter.

One of the most useful things you can do for your book or script is to start looking at Act II as two very distinct and contrasting Acts, divided by the Midpoint game-changer. (More about this in last week’s post and videos.)

The most significant difference can be summed up simply as:

The Hero/ine starts to lose.

As I keep pointing out, in the first half of Act II, the Hero/ine is usually (not always!) WINN...