Is your All Is Lost big enough to push your hero into Act 3? (That is, have they really hit rock bottom?) ❏ Have you inserted a whiff of death? ❏ Does this beat feel like another Catalyst for change? Dark Night of the Soul ❏ Is your hero reflecting on something in this beat? ❏ Is this beat leading your hero toward an epiphany? ❏ Does your hero’s life seem worse off than it did at the beginning of the book? Break Into 3 ❏ Does your hero learn a valuable universal lesson (theme) here? ❏ Does your hero make a proactive decision to fix something? ❏ Is the decision based on what your hero needs?
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