IF YOU HAD to pick the single most important moment in a character’s arc, what would it be? The Third Plot Point, you say? Well, you’d be right. Now here’s the harder question: Why is this the most important moment? The Third Plot Point is the low moment in your story. A minute ago, at the end of the Second Act, your protagonist seemed to have won a victory. Everything seemed to be going his way. He was getting the Truth figured out, and he seemed to have pushed the Lie to the back of his life. Even the antagonist appeared to be at his mercy.
