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  2. Three-act structure - Wikipedia

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    The three-act structure is a model used in narrative fiction that divides a story into three parts , often called the Setup, the Confrontation, and the Resolution. It has been described in different ways by Aelius Donatus in the fourth century A.D. and by Syd Field in his 1979 book Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting .

  3. List of story structures - Wikipedia

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    Kenneth Rowe's Basic Dramatic Structure from page 60 of Write That Play. The parts are: introduction, attack, rising action, crisis, falling action, resolution, conclusion. The attack would be relabeled the "inciting incident" later and the crisis would be relabeled "climax" and the conclusion as the "dénouement" by Syd Field. The resolution ...

  4. Plot (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    In fiction writing, a plot outline gives a list of scenes. Scenes include events, character(s) and setting. Plot, therefore, shows the cause and effect of these things put together. The plot outline is a rough sketch of this cause and effect made by the scenes to lay out a "solid backbone and structure" to show why and how things happened as ...

  5. Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary - Wikipedia

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    A plot summary is not a recap. It should not cover every scene and every moment of a story. Not only should a plot summary avoid a scene-by-scene recap, but there's also no reason that a plot summary has to cover the events of the story in the order in which they appear (though it is often useful).

  6. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction - Wikipedia

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    The plot summary for a work, on a page about that work, does not need to be sourced with inline citations, as it is generally assumed that the work itself is the primary source for the plot summary. However, if the summary includes a direct quote from the work, this must be cited using inline citations so that readers can easily verify it ...

  7. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

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    Finally, in the resolution, the hero overcomes his burden against the odds. The key thesis of the book: "However many characters may appear in a story, its real concern is with just one: its hero. It is the one whose fate we identify with, as we see them gradually developing towards that state of self-realization which marks the end of the story.

  8. Wikipedia:Plot-only description of fictional works - Wikipedia

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    If there is no plot summary, use the tag {} and if the plot is insufficient, {}. If real-world context, impact, or analysis is missing from the article, take a few minutes to add it. (Reminder: Encyclopedias are, by definition, tertiary sources. The literary analysis must be independently sourced, verifiable and balanced.

  9. Screenwriting - Wikipedia

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    [19] [20] Plot point I occurs at the end of Act 1; plot point II at the end of Act 2. [16] Plot point I is also called the key incident because it is the true beginning of the story [21] and, in part, what the story is about. [22] In a 120-page screenplay, Act 2 is about sixty pages in length, twice the length of Acts 1 and 3. [23]