Act Two is a slog, but if you hit these moments, you’ll find success.
When you’re writing your screenplay, there are a lot of beats you have to try to remember. When you break them down over your acts, it can seem a little less complicated.
The three acts are a way to view a story that goes all the way back to Ancient Greece, and they inform all kinds of storytelling in film and television. It was Aristotle’s theory that a drama should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Well, with all this theory, sometimes you miss out on actually writing. So I wanted to break down the things I see people missing, because a lot of times it’s the same. Even I miss these things, so it’s good to review for me, too.
Today, we’re going to go over Act Two. It;’s one of the hardest things to write because of all the moving pieces. But with any luck, we’ll cover the things most people forget and work through them together.
Let’s go.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
