A different way to approach a sagging middle

Book Review: The Social Dilemma (2020)

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Nikky Lee

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I've always liked to work on the principle that the 25% between 1PP and Midpoint is an act that is non-assertive reaction (not passive!) to the 1PP and needs to show the initial learning curve and 'easy' responses, which all lead toward a crisis (the midpoint), then the 25% between the mid and the 2pp is the assertive actions taken based on the event at the midpoint. But whether it's called 4 acts or 3 with a midpoint, the principles all feel similar (with variations for genre and other categoric elements).
There are books about using the four parts: Ingermanson, Brooks (Larry - a bit verbose, though), a few others (probably many, many others).
 
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