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Marion Louise's avatar

Interesting. Many lawyers aim to work like this in trials. They write their closing submissions and then work backwards - figuring out the evidence they need to prove along the way in order to close effectively.

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Nathan Baugh's avatar

Had no idea. That’s cool

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ankita dudhraj's avatar

wow, that is such an interesting use of storytelling.

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Jaycie's avatar

This makes so much sense to me. It clarified the scaffolding what I was looking for.

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Brian's avatar

There are a million zillion plot structures but this is one of the better ones, especially connecting the end state of the character to the hook.

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Athenah's avatar

The reminded plot structure helps keep some stories even more interesting.

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JB Minton 📺's avatar

Most of my fictional writing has been literary short stories. My general process has been to write until I find the character in a compelling situation of struggle and then go back and rewrite from the beginning, but cut out all the boring parts and reformat the narrative into a three act structure.

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Mallory's avatar

Thanks so much for sharing... Ive never seen this and it’s super helpful. Im wondering though if Plot Point 2 and Pinch Point 2 on the diagram should be switched in position... it makes more sense to me if switched.

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