ACT ONE – SET UP

THREE ACT STRUCTURE WORKSHEET:

Introduce your protagonist, their belief and flaw in their normal
world.

TURNING POINT 1 – INCITING INCIDENT

What happens to set the protagonist pursuing the goal?

ACT TWO – CONFLICT

What obstacles does the protagonist to come up against to achieve the
goal and how do they challenge the protagonist’s belief and flaw?

TURNING POINT 2 – CRISIS

How is your protagonist nearly defeated and what new understanding do
they commit to?

ACT 3 – CLIMAX & RESOLUTION

What is the final chance for the Protagonist to achieve the goal?
What happens to them and every supporting character afterwards?
 ACT ONE – SET UP

FIVE ACT STRUCTURE WORKSHEET:

Introduce your protagonist, their belief and flaw in their normal world.

TURNING POINT 1 – INCITING INCIDENT

Something happens and sets the protagonist a goal to pursue?

ACT TWO – EXPERIMENT

The protagonist pursues the first thing they must do in this new situation,
experimenting with the new way of understanding the world and exhibiting new
behaviour.

ACT THREE - CONSEQUENCES

With the first course of action completed, the protagonist behaves more boldly
according to their new understanding, only to suffer a setback.

ACT FOUR - DISASTER

The protagonist rejects the new understanding, returning to their old flawed
behaviour, but this leads to things getting much worse…

TURNING POINT 2 – CRISIS

The protagonist is nearly defeated and learns they must commit to the new
understanding and behaviour no matter what.

ACT FIVE – CLIMAX & RESOLUTION

Embracing the new understanding, the protagonist pursues a final effort to achieve
their goal. Reveal what happens to them, and every supporting character, afterwards.