Novel Structure - Michael Hauge's 6 Stages

As a writer of novels, one of my main concerns is structure. If your novel does not have a certain conventional structure, it will never see the light of day. The same is true for screenplays. In fact, the structure of a novel is essentially the same as that of a screenplay, although that of a novel is less rigid.

Everyone has heard of the three-act structure, or any of its variations, the four, five, or six-act structure. They are pretty much the same, with some variation in terminology.

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