Inching Closer To The End Of Act Two!

Good morning, fellow artists! Welcome to another exciting edition of my weekly blog. As you all know, I am focusing on three goals this year. Those goals are: 1) Book supporting roles in feature films produced and distributed by independent or mid-sized studios. 2) Complete the second draft of “The Third Act” feature film script with Kelly Tighe. 3) Write and complete the first draft of my rugby feature film script. Each week, I will provide updates that are hopefully inspiring and engaging.

I’m still writing and progressing with the second half of act two for my latest feature film script! I’ve written scenes for the following pairs of reversals: Yes 11, No 11, and Yes 12 (In Jeffrey Schechter’s book, “My Story Can Beat Up Your Story”, he mentions that there are 28 plot points in act two. There are 14 in the first half and 14 in the second half. These plot points are grouped into pairs known as “yes/no reversals” because they alternate between the protagonist taking a step toward answering the central question and them taking a step back from it.) Keep reading below 🙂

I also returned to earlier scenes in act two to strengthen some dialogue and make it more specific. In addition, I tightened the timeline to maintain the urgency of what my protagonist is going through in this warrior phase of act two. Keep reading below 🙂

The cool thing I’m experimenting with in this script is utilizing a series of yes’s and no’s within each pair of reversals. In other words, I’m not just using one situation that creates one YES or NO for my protagonist. I’m using a few of them. For example, I wrote three different scenes for plot point Yes 8. These scenes each provide a unique YES situation that propels my protagonist closer to answering the central question. Plot point No 12 contains four different scenes. These scenes each provide a unique NO situation that pulls my protagonist away from answering the central question. So, instead of using one situation to create one YES or NO for my protagonist, I have a series of situations to increase and solidify the stakes. Now, this may make my script longer, but at least I can always cut it back! Keep reading below 🙂

I need to write the scenes for the following reversals in this second half of act two: No 12, Yes 13, No 13, Yes 14, and No 14. Once I do that, I’ll be done with act two! Keep reading below 🙂

See you next week!