A quick reference Infographic for all writers, whether you’re a plotter or planster, to help guide you through your hero’s journey. Take a look at the Three Act Structure and see if it suits your story.
There are other methods, which I’ve covered them in another post: Four Ways To Structure A Novel. If you want to know more, check it out.
I hope you enjoyed this fun glance at structuring novels. The options are endless, let your imagination run free and don’t give your hero an easy time. 😉
If you’re interested in further ideas, check out: Six Ways To End Your Story.
Happy Writing.
Do you use the Three Act Structure? Or do you have prefer another method? Please share your writing style, know I love hearing from you.
Thanks for stopping by, until next time, Much Love.
Lorraine Ambers 
The Three Act structure is great, though in a writing magazine (might’ve been Writer’s Digest; not entirely sure) that had a four point structure that I remember roughly as follows:
Introduce main characters in the first quarter.
Quarter mark: protagonist’s life completely changes and they start reacting
Half mark: protagonist finally moves from reacting to acting (process has been occurring gradually)
Three quarter mark: Bad guys win, leaving the good guys feeling devastated/defeated
Climax: protagonist rises from the previous defeat to win
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The three quarter mark is important, I don’t think I reiterated that in my infographic.
Thanks for showing me this structure. 😊
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You’re welcome.
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Love the info-graphic layout, Rainy! The three act structure is so clever, and one I must use more often in my plotting – thank you for sharing ❤
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Thank you, Meelie. And thanks for recommending ‘Save the cat writes a novel.’ I’m working my way through it. 😊
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Isn’t it fab? I love that book! x
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You are a goddess who should be worshiped! I’ve been all over the internet and few, if any, coaches agree about what should happen in a three-act structure. And here it is and it makes sense. If you could please do a blog post about the three-act structure versus the four-act structure my life would be complete. Ok, complete may be overstating it a bit, but at least I won’t end up wondering “Now what heck goes next”.
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😂😂 I’ll do my best to make your life complete.
Next week I’ll delve into the three act vs four act for you.
And thanks for the compliment, you’ve made my day. ☺️
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Love this! Thanks, Rainy 😊.
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I remember when I started out I studied this to the bone. When I wrote Dempsey I told myself to worry about it after the first draft and it worked. Now, book two, I reminded myself to do the same. The pressure is off and the worry will come later. 🙂
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I’m so glad the pressure is off, writing a book is difficult without the added pressure to conform in one way or another. ☺️
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Thank you so much. It is very helpful
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I love this graphic! It’s so help and super pretty. I just pinned it on Pinterest. 🤗
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Thank you. 💜💜
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Thanks for sharing
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