PLOT POINT FOUR—MIDPOINT BEGINS—INTERMISSION The midpoint is an essential, dynamic turning point. It’s a place where the protagonist reaches a major change in his understanding of what he must do to achieve his goal. Usually it involves another self-motivated decision to forge ahead despite having endured so many difficulties up to this point, and in spite of all the obstacles that he is able to see on the road ahead. Perhaps he develops a new plan that helps him to be less concerned about the roadblocks yet to come. More often than not, the protagonist is fed up with being pushed around and
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