Nanowrimo: 10 Essential Elements of Act I

Here are ten must-have story elements of Act I, no matter what genre you’re working in!

If you can write out these elements of your book or script, you will be in great shape to launch into Nanowrimo, if you’re doing it—or to jump-start your book or script, whether you’re doing Nano or not.

First, let’s see these elements in a in a narrative that gives you the basic flow of Act I.

We meet the HERO/INE in their ORDINARY WORLD.

They have:

AGHOST or WOUND or BAGGAGE, something that ...