using the 3-act structure
ORDINARY WORLD
Your hero and their everyday life are established.
Sample Synopsis: Bilbo Baggins, a very well-to-do hobbit of Bag End, sits outside his front porch. He smokes a wooden pipe, as usual.
Your Synopsis:
CALL TO ADVENTURE
An event or problem forces your character out of their comfort zone.
Sample Synopsis: Gandalf arrives and tells him that he's looking for someone to share in an adventure that he's arranging.
Your Synopsis:
REFUSAL TO THE CALL
The hero shows reluctance to leave their everyday life behind.
Sample Synopsis: Bilbo turns down the overture but makes the mistake of inviting Gandalf for tea the next day — unwittingly putting himself on the path of the journey.
Your Synopsis:
MEETING THE MENTOR
Your protagonist meets a mentor who can help them face the challenges ahead.
Sample Synopsis: Gandalf comes to tea with a gang of dwarves. They sing an ancient song of the treasure in the Lonely Mountain, making Bilbo dream of adventure.
Your Synopsis:
— 33% through your story —
CROSSING THE FIRST THRESHOLD
The hero fully commits to their journey into the Special World. There's no turning back.
Sample Synopsis: Bilbo packs his bags and leaves Hobbiton behind, crossing the threshold into the Special World.
Your Synopsis:
TEST, ALLIES, ENEMIES
As the protagonist enters the unfamiliar world, they encounter obstacles and enemies. New allies appear to help.
Sample Synopsis: Bilbo faces trolls, bloodthirsty spiders, unfriendly Wood Elves, and a Gollum — but he befriends elves from Rivendell and the bear-man, Beorn.
Your Synopsis:
APPROACH TO THE INMOST CAVE
The hero approaches the place where they'll encounter their biggest foe (but they don't enter it yet).
Sample Synopsis: The dwarves and Bilbo get closer to the Inmost Cave: the Lonely Mountain in which Torin's treasure lies.
Your Synopsis:
ORDEAL
Your character confronts their greatest fear and the biggest threat. This is where they become a true hero.
Sample Synopsis: Up goes Bilbo to face Smaug, the dragon who jealously guards the gold within the Lonely Mountain.
Your Synopsis:
REWARD (Seizing the Sword)
Your hero sees the light at the end of the tunnel, finding the tool (or belief) they need to finish their journey.
Sample Synopsis: Smaug dies and the dwarves gain control of the Lonely Mountain once more — plus all its treasure.
Your Synopsis:
— 75% through your story —
THE ROAD BACK
The protagonist begins their journey home, although more dangers appear along the way.
Sample Synopsis: Bilbo gets caught up in the conflict between the dwarves and the Lake Men, who demand compensation for their aid in the fight against Smaug. Thorin refuses.
Your Synopsis:
RESURRECTION
Before getting their happy ending, your character faces a final test they must survive.
Sample Synopsis: The Battle of the Five Armies breaks out and Bilbo loses consciousness.
Your Synopsis:
RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR
The hero returns home changed for the better with an "elixir" — an insight or a literal prize.
Sample Synopsis: Bilbo returns home to Hobbiton with his share of the treasure and a lot of wisdom gained.
Your Synopsis:
Note:
Use this outline to define all 9 of your story's major plot points.
You can then use the 'Scene-by-Scene' guide below to plot out your entire story.
As you write, revise, and edit, return to this guide and update the structure to reflect your latest draft.
Scene Number (1, 2...):
Act (I, II, III):
Step (Ordinary World, Call to Adventure...):
Location:
Date/Time:
Characters in Scene:
Synopsis (What action takes place in the scene?):
Changes (How are the characters or situation now different):
Source ⚜ More: Worksheets & Templates ⚜ Story Plot ⚜ The 3-Act Structure Plot ⚜ Character ⚜ Worldbuilding ⚜ Tips & Advice ⚜ A Guide: 3-Act Structure
Yes! When I first started watching Willow, I was like OMG. THAT'S ELORA and of course, I was really happy that that curly red haired character was Jade and not Elora, but it really is such a coincidence...
Okay, this is a little off the wall but bear with me...
So, it must be a bit of a known thing that Elora Danan has red wavy hair, because otherwise why go to all the trouble of having her dye it?
And what if to keep Elora Danan secret and safe you needed to divert attention elsewhere?
What if you found a little girl, with red curly hair, who was just about the right age, and insisted that she stay by the princess' side, almost like one of your own children? What if you wanted a decoy?
We don't know why Sorsha decided to kidnap a Bone Reaver child, but this one would certainly be convenient...
Like/reblog if you think that you don't need to medically transition to be transgender
kill the narrative that The Acolyte didnt perform well compared to other Disney shows. The other shows were based on established characters and already had a dedicated fanbase and audience to start with. In contrast The Acolyte introduced us to a completely new era of Star Wars in live action with new original characters. And against all odds, it still performed well. Don’t be misled - The Acolyte is not a failed project. The real failure lies in Disney's reluctance to take risks and allow original ideas to flourish.
Amelie by Gracie Abrams
Believe me Natalie by The Killers
Hey Jude by The Beatles
Emily I'm Sorry by boygenius
Dear John by Taylor Swift
Missing June by Miki Ratsula (I'm not completely sure whether it means the month or a person, but it can be a name so)
Ashley by Zolita
Madelyne by gavn!
Matilda by Harry Styles
Heather by Conan Gray
I challenged myself to find all of these in my liked songs playlist on spotify, which made it pretty difficult. Went all over looking for them and analyzing the titles to see if things in them could be names. This really shows most of my music taste lol
I'm now realizing that quite a few of songs by The Killers have names in them, which is interesting. Anyway, this was fun!
thanks for passing it along :)
Tagged by @shinystrawberrymousetrap to list 10 songs with names in the title
Achilles Come Down by Gang of Youths
BILLIE EILISH. by Armani White
Goliath by Woodkid
Jim by Todrick Hall
Jovano, Jovanke (I love the version by Gothart)
Pandora by 2WEI & Edda Hayes
Aaand this is where I have to give up because I don't actually listen to more songs with names in it? Only tracks from films or musicals but those are technically not songs soooo…. yeah😊
Thanks for the tag mate! Tagging anyone who feels up for the challenge
“SHE NEEDS MOUTH TO MOUTH” yall ever think about how. the reason her first thought was that. was probably because. she must’ve been thinking about. kissing. maddox. like. recently? as it’s. fresh in her mind still?
I am going to say something that might piss people on this site off, and that is that the stabbing at a Taylor Swift themed event in Southport does not exist in a vacuum.
It exists in a world where a joke about bringing a nail gun to the Eras tour to shoot fans gets 400k likes on TikTok, or where a reel about crashing a plane full of Swifties gets 200k likes on Instagram. It exists in a world where, on this very website, the one that promotes itself as rational and reasonable, someone says that "Taylor Swift and her fans should all die violent horrible deaths" and people applauded it. It exists in a world where, during TTPD release week men were in Swifties' comment sections declaring they would beat their daughters and girlfriends if they ever so much as listened to one of her albums. And it exists in a world where this week, fans of a TV show (which I will not name because that is not the point) sent death threats to a girl on Twitter for daring to be a fan of both their beloved show and Taylor Swift.
I don't give a fuck what your opinion of Taylor Swift is. I don't care if you think her music is grating, I don't care if you think she is the worst thing to happen to humanity since Eve ate the god damn apple. This is the dark side of stan culture that no-one talks about; where dislike of an artist becomes so obsessive that it becomes normal, even funny, to joke about killing their fans, because "it's just online, it's just a joke". It isn't. It is rarely ever "just online".
And yes I am going to be That Person and say that you can complain about Swift's brand of feminism and debate her position as a feminist icon all day long, at the end of the day, her name is still synonymous with girls. It doesn't take a genius to work out who this event was geared at.
I am not going to sit and claim that by simply not liking Taylor Swift you directly caused this. I would encourage you to step back, look at the bigger picture of stan culture, including obsessive dislike of an artist, and ask yourself how much this culture has enabled this. If making jokes on tiktok about killing someone over a pop star is normalised, how much of a leap is it to attacking kids with a knife at a fan event?
and of course there is the fact that the british media didn't even wait until those kids were buried before using this event to spread their racist, anti-immigrant agenda despite the race of the attacker not being known. all I can say to that is I am sickened and disappointed but not shocked.
A friend (crush? NO...)
Taylor Swift
boygenius
if i were a fish
poetry
dickinson
style choices
converse shoes
texting lol
reading
writing
posters
staplers (like stapling paper with fancy staplers)
hoodies
jumpsuits
hanging stuff on my walls
It’s 104% okay to come to your DM and just say, “Hi, can we be friends?” And then start asking you random questions.
They/them, INFP, Aquarius | many obsessions | life is life-ing so basically on hiatus :(
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