A simple story structure that will hook your audience.
It comes in 3 parts.
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It comes in 3 parts.
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Step 1. Start in the middle.
Find a high tension moment.
Start here with something that creates intrigue or a cliffhanger.
Make this fall somewhere around the midpoint to 2/3 in of the timeline.
Find a high tension moment.
Start here with something that creates intrigue or a cliffhanger.
Make this fall somewhere around the midpoint to 2/3 in of the timeline.
Step 2. Go back to the beginning.
Now take your audience to the start and build the context.
Show them how you got to that high tension moment.
You have their attention so build your characters, relationships, and environment here.
Now take your audience to the start and build the context.
Show them how you got to that high tension moment.
You have their attention so build your characters, relationships, and environment here.
Step 3. Take them to the end.
After step 2 ends back at step 1’s starting point it’s time to finish it.
What happened? Give it in all it’s beautiful detail.
You have your audience wanting every small nuance.
Then walk them to the finish and stick it.
After step 2 ends back at step 1’s starting point it’s time to finish it.
What happened? Give it in all it’s beautiful detail.
You have your audience wanting every small nuance.
Then walk them to the finish and stick it.
So just remember...
Middle to beginning to middle to end.
M2B. B2M. M2E.
Enjoy better story telling structure and an audience saying...
Wow.
Middle to beginning to middle to end.
M2B. B2M. M2E.
Enjoy better story telling structure and an audience saying...
Wow.