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Do You Really Have to Use a 3-Act Structure in Fiction?

Over the decades, I’ve heard many writers and writing coaches talk about the 3-Act Structure as if it’s a given....
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The Three Act Structure - Plotting with Three Acts
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http://georgelthomas.com/2017/07/07/the-three-act-structure/

I was in an online writing workshop about books written in three-act structures, and how to avoid that saggy middle. The instructor chose several books as examples, including Tolkien’s Fellowship of the Rings. When I asked how that worked considering the three volumes of LotR were originally supposed to be one book, making Fellowship the first act, the instructor told me he was just going to ignore my question. That kinda felt like getting slapped across the face. Ah well. Guess he’s just trying to shoehorn books into structures they don’t follow. Or am I missing something here? In any case, I left because I didn’t feel comfortable with being dismissed like that when I thought my question was valid. #WritingCommunity #Tolkien #ThreeActStructure

I took a day off from the medical nightmare to write a blog about #ThreeActStructure and #TronLegacy. Because, why not? I’ll be back in the nightmare tomorrow. https://www.tumblr.com/invalidtumbls/712179570312445952/de-rezzed-in-the-second-act?source=share

Previous boost: I just bought the Twitterrific Ollie T, and since I was logged in to Cotton Bureau, got a second shirt of the Scriptnotes “three-act structure” design, since I’m always going on about Second-Act Trouble. #twitteriffic #screenwriting #threeactstructure https://cottonbureau.com/p/2DVDUV/shirt/three-act-structure#/2192314/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-navy-tri-blend-s