HOW TO OUTLINE A GRIPPING CLIMAX
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- WHAT'S UP MY FRIEND? Today we're tackling the biggest part of your novel's outline: THE GRAND FINALE. In today's video I cover how to outline an emotion roller coaster of a crescendo that will leave your readers cheering for your protagonist.
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WATCH THE PREVIOUS VIDEOS IN THIS SERIES:
INTRO VIDEO: • HOW TO OUTLINE A RIVET...
HOW TO OUTLINE A STRONG OPENING ACT: • HOW TO OUTLINE A STRON...
HOW TO OUTLINE AN ADDICTIVE MIDDLE ACT: • HOW TO OUTLINE AN ADDI...
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STORY BEATS + QUESTIONS IN THIS VIDEO:
SUPPOSED VICTORY
Why does my protagonist think they will be victorious? What's happening that makes them feel like they are so close to achieving their goal and finding happiness at last?
DISASTER
What does this disaster specifically mean for my protagonist? How does it force them to realize that they are the one to blame for this whole crisis? How does it completely disarm them and make them face off with their greatest fear and misbelief?
THE DARK MOMENT
How does this disaster bring my protagonist to the darkest and lowest moment of their life?
THE "AHA" MOMENT
How is my protagonist going to overcome their fear and continue to the climax, thus developing as a character? What lesson are they going to learn (and simultaneously teach the audience?)
THE CLIMACTIC CONFRONTATION
How is my protagonist going to prove their transformation by crushing their misbelief and facing their fear with courage?
VICTORY & RESOLUTION
How has my protagonist changed as a result of her journey?
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"You know you want to crush your reader's soul. Don't pretend to be nice; you're not. Fabulous!
I like it when you say "all you have to do is write the novel"
"She's on the brink of having everything she wants! But why are there 30 more pages?"
„Shouldn’t be too hard, right?“
I literally snorted with laughter.
WOMAN WHY DON‘T YOU HAVE MORE FOLLOWERS?!
I love your videos and snagged your PDF instantly. As I told you I‘m kind of a plot-method-hopper and I‘m going to give yours a test drive with my fantasy WIP that desperately need some re-plotting.
Yeah. Right. Now back to my current WIP! 🙌🏻
(I hope that it will recognize me. It feels like ages that I was able to work on it. Argh! - But yeah. It‘s totally easy. Really! 😂😋😇)
HAHAHA I'M SO GLAD YOU APPRECIATED THAT 😂💛 I'm so glad you enjoyed this series!! thank you so much for watching + commenting. Good luck with your WIP!! I'm sure you'll rock it ;)
I am currently 14 years old, and your videos inspired me to finally put pen to paper and start writing my first novel. Your videos made me search inside myself and figure out why I wanted to write this book. I was able to finish my book outline in the span of a weekend thanks to your videos. I believe I would have just given up, but you showed me that writing doesn't have to be hard. Thank you.❤❤❤
my exact experience😊
The movie Into the Spider-Verse did SUCH a good job with its climax, following this structure really well.
This is my third time watching it. I watched it when it first came out. I came back to look over the story structure. Then this time I’m here to actually take notes and write it all down.... I finally had my own AHA moment when I realized my first draft feels so empty because my protagonist never had an AHA moment. And that she never CHANGED in the story! Now I know how to fix that thank you so so so much!!!!
I honestly don’t know how else to thank you. I’ll be using this to re outline the novel and I’m excited to get to work outlining.
Emma! This comment made my day!! I'm so happy this video/series inspired you and helped you with your story!! 👏✨ best of luck, I'm sure it will turn out AWESOME.
NANCY FROM STRANGER THINGS!!! WHYY DIDN'T I SEE IT BEFORE!!! AHHHH
LOL I literally said the same thing!
Yes...she def nancy come to live. Stranger things
Thank you! I've been trying to figure out who she reminds me of 😂
OMG!!!! I KNEW she looked familiar!
So I've written down every word of yours to realize that this whole thing has a PDF version.
AHA
Aye
Also thank you for the PDF, and also for this video, even tho it was a year ago. This series helped me so much, as I am a planner definitely as well. Thanks Abbie
If it makes you feel better, writing things down helps you remember it. I did the same. PDFs are way too modern for me... lol
Me 😄too!
haha, same here!!!! 😂😂😂 Oh well, I guess we will memorize it even better that way! 😉
I knew that but I still write it down.
I actually wrote it down instead of typing it because it's tied to the learning part of my brain due to writing stuff in school and college for dozens of years. And I am a programmer.
I'm currently writing the climax to my first draft and this actually helped so much! 'Shouldn't be too hard right?' hahahahahahahaha, loved that. And love your videos. x
I'm so glad this video helped you with the climax of your story! Thank you so much for watching, Lauren! 💛
I found you so late as I've only recently reignited the flame of interest for my old abandoned WIP that I want to revamp completely and decided to turn to the internet for some guidelines, and I'm in love with your energy! I really struggle with attention as I have ADHD but the way you explained things so eagerly and eloquently kept me pulled in throughout the whole hour of these videos 😊 I even took notes along the way (something I usually don't do). Thank you so much, Abbie!
Oh my days I started a story last summer and now it has structure, meaning, and my protagonist gets to go mental. A thousand thank yous, this is excellent work. xx
Yes! Loved this third act explanation. Thank you for these! And also I feel like we could be friends in real life lol.
I'M SURE WE WOULD BE GREAT FRENS 💛💛💛 and thank you!! so happy you liked this one
I'll bet Abbie's protags come across that way, too.
I've been taking notes and following a great portion of these videos closely. I'm doing a fan project of something I'm into and finally start feeling confident in my ability as a new writer.
I'm not really sure the lessons I wanna teach yet, just that I want to tell some stories. And I'm certain I'll figure it out along the way.
In short, I can't express my thanks. You're helping me find my next chapter in life.
Ditto. I’m a beginner but I have some themes in mind. I would say don’t let not having one put you at a dead stop. Our subconscious has a way of filling in the blanks.
A lot of people enjoy writing so much because it often shows them who they are and what they believe is true and important in their own lives. It’s revelatory. So just write and “listen” to what your pen 🖊️ is trying to tell you.
That being said if you can’t zero in on a theme focus on developing your characters! Answer all the prompts and questions Abbie raises to build your profiles for your protagonist and your antagonist. Their desires, fears and misbeliefs should rule their actions and if it’s true that our actions speak louder than words then what do their actions tell you about where their lives are headed ?
“Cause - and-effect” your way through some scenes and see if you can find a path that could lead to a theme after the midpoint twist. Try skipping to your climax. If you know the end work backwards through the events that logically could / would have led up to it. Can you reverse engineer your theme in that way?
Super general example: there’s a personality type that’s all about control. They are threatened by the prospect of giving it up. They want it over others. Maybe because they think it’s the best way to avoid being hurt.
That mindset would dictate their actions and relationships with other people right? In a romance that would eventually backfire (disaster ) and lead to a dark moment and then the aha would be as simple as you can’t control everything in life. Sometimes you have to relinquish control and have faith in the outcome especially when it comes to relationships with other people. The climax is the control freak being in a situation where they Have to demonstrate they have conquered their control issues and are now ready for the give and take and trust in a healthy relationship.
The theme would have grown from you developing the character’s misbelief. So start with the characters and know them inside and out. Once you know their flaws you’ll figure out what they need to learn. Then figure out how to show them learning how to be better (more complete/ unstuck) than they are at the beginning of their arc.
Another way you might figure a theme out is to go to any number of motivational websites. Or look at books with motivation sayings or famous quotes and see which ones speak to you. Which of them really connects to you. One that connects with me is “when people show you who they are- believe them”.
Then reverse the anecdote and make it a character’s misbelief. :- I should keep giving people chances to change as long as they keep saying they’re sorry. Even if they hurt me. As long as they’re sorry…I should forgive them and give them another chance to change their ways.
Then build your character out from that. Like how would a person act and see the world and relate to people and live their lives if they believed that lie? How would that misbelief define their lives and result in their (bad ) choices?
What kind of person could you portray? Victim of domestic violence might think that way. The fear underneath is “if not him who else will want me? I can’t make it on my own. I’m afraid of being alone”. I’ll stop there but see how a big general idea when reversed can give you a leg up on a character profile and Vice versa?
These are just things that I’ve taken away and thought about for me. You have to flesh everything out and make sure the ideas are big enough to sustain a full blown story.
But I bet if you think back through the 44 years you’ve been on the planet, you have some knowledge you could impart (theme) - something you wish you hadn’t had to learn the hard way - if only someone had given you the heads up 😂😂😂. It doesn’t have to be really complicated and heavy because it’s often those little things that are basic that we forget that cost us the most in the end. Not saying that you are but if you are intimidated by having to have a theme don’t be.
Good luck to us both!
It’s occurring to me that the three act story structure not only provides a roadmap to good storytelling- it can also be the “proof” of whether your story premise is big enough to support a wip.
If I can’t “meet my burden” to outline / come up with the major plot points in the structure, something is probably not developed enough (most likely the internal conflict) which means it’s going to be a generic story that doesn’t matter.
It's late, I'm exhausted, but I can't stop watching these videos, and I can't leave without saying "Thank you very much". It's awesome, very well done, clearly explained, informative, useful, guiding, structuring, synthetic and directly applicabale...a great training! So bravo and many many thanks Abbie!
I'm simply speechless. This is pure gold and I can't thank you enough, Abbie. I think I must now go binge watch this series over and over (with pleasure, and a notebook) to capture each and every nugget of wisdom you convey in such a compelling, emotional, and entertaining way :-)
Wow!! This is just about the best comment/compliment I've ever received. Thank you!! I'm so happy you enjoyed this series!! 😁
I'm finishing the 1st draft of my novel this week , so I came back and re-watched this video.
I'm so glad I did! I'll have to revise a few things throughout the book, but esp. my ending. It's going to be a downbeat ending, but with hope (to be pursued in a sequel). But, it would not have been as strong if I hadn't taken this refresher course.
Thanks!
Omg!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am from Germany so i write in german, but i didnt find any german author/ RUclipsr that explains nearly as good as you. I‘m so thankful for your Videos behause they have been so helpful to me. Finally i have an Outline i‘m happy with.
I‘m in love with your channel for some months now and ...
I really don’t get it: why don’t you have more subscribers? You‘re just fantastic! I hope you‘ll get the attention you deserve.
This comment totally made my day!! Thank you so much! 💛✨ I'm so glad you've been enjoying my videos and find them helpful! 😊
Great end to this series! I can't wait to come back and rewatch these videos again to plot my book 😉
EEE! Thank you, Julia!! 💛✨ I'm so happy you enjoyed this series!
Good luck on your book
This really stuck with me - what you said about the disaster should be specific to the character not something that would just be terrible for anyone. Genius yet so like... duh! Made some changes to my story and it's so much better now.
I'm absolutely in LOVE and OBSESSED with your lessons and when I'm not in horrible debt and financial crisis I will be purchasing everything you have to offer lol. But seriously thank you I've been so convinced that I am never going to write anything and now I'm so motivated and the step by step really helps my ADHD feel less like an obstacle
I've watched so many booktube videos and this is one of the first ones that ACTUALLY helped me. You've earned a new subscriber
Hi Abbie,
I have a story I've been meaning to illustrate, but always felt unsure about the structures. There are sequences to the events but I really loved how you broke it down and show how to keep readers interested. Thank you, I've honestly learned a lot especially the terminologies, which was tricky since I knew what was going on in especially the character interactions but didn't realise they had names like the Hook or Inciting Incidents. They all make so much sense now!
I love that you include questions for every section. They're very helpful.
Currently writing act three of my novel and this videos has sparked new ideas of what should happen in the disaster. Now I'm going to let my character's misbelief cause her to make a bad decision, triggering a disaster that brings her to her knees. Only then can she accept the responsibility she's been avoiding. This video is so upbeat and inspiring, thank you! 🎉
I just watched all four videos to take notes and write out exactly what a 3 Act structure is and I feel so accomplished. I am not a plotter, but I like to have a basic idea and some notes taken before I really begin the book. Since I've been having such a hard time with Uprising, I'm going to act like I haven't actually written a billion drafts and know everything because I don't and I'm going to outline it with this structure so I can fix it up and get it ready for an editor. (AAAAAHHHHHH) This has been super helpful to me. Thank you so much for making awesome, informative videos. I can't wait to get started.
OH MY GOSH IVIE this comment made my day!!! YOU'RE AMAZING!! I'm so honored that you watched like 40+ minutes of me talking and took notes wow you're the MVP 💛 let me know how the revising process goes!!! 😊
How the heck does this not have more views. You are charming and charismatic and a great teacher. I love the way you broke everything down and your video editing is on POINT! I cant wait to learn more from you. Maybe I'll finally get out of this writing slump and get some shit done lol.
wow thank you Sophie!! 💛💛💛 I'm so glad you've been enjoying my videos! this comment brightened my day 😊
Girl, this is exactly what I'm doing in the third book of my trilogy ! I'm so happy I can relate to all of this video, Thank you.
Hi Abbie! I know you probably won't read this, but I just wanted you to know how much your videos have actually helped me as an aspiring writer. I'm 15 and wrote a manuscript for Nanowrimo 2019, and am now editing it. I was watching and realized how much internal conflict really matters, and how to work your character's fears and hopes and trauma into every one of the chapters. Honestly, I wouldn't have thought about it before watching these videos, so thank you!
I loved every minute of this series. I've heard a lot of the concepts before, but this presentation really made it click for me. Thank you!
I'm so glad you enjoyed this series and that it clicked with you!! 💛✨ thank you so much for watching!
Yes she’s really good at explaining!
Thank you so much Abbie!!!!! I was smiling all the time thinking "wow its so easy!" Ive been torturing myself for years with a good plot when the problem was I was focusing too much on it and not my characters!!! Hating my work everytime and getting stuck on it thus, leaving it unfinished. This has been eyeopening!
I’ve never found someone who has been able to set this up as clearly as you. The way you tie in emotion and growth into all 4 of your videos in this series is so helpful. Thank you so so much. I love the way you think ❤️
I can't thank you enough for your channel and for the AMAZING way you break things down into easy chunks. I've struggled so much with outlining and getting the thoughts out from my brain and into coherent sentences. Thanks to you - my outline is done and my characters are fleshed out and I'm so excited about my story! I've waited so long for someone like you to give real writing advice other than 'just write' and now I'm currently binge watching all of your videos! So much love!
Thank you so much for your kind words! They mean so much to me, and I am thrilled that the content I make encourages you to chase your dreams and make your story MATTER!
Finally I can watch the series
YES haha! I hope you like it!
Dearest Abbie. You have blown my mind. As a reward I will send you a copy of my book, once its published. Watch this space. P.S. Remain awesome! Not that you need to be reminded.
this series is such good stuff. short, to the point explanations without the distracting fluff I've seen in too much writing advice. bonus points for the humor :D that PDF goes in my files and this structure goes in my novels. thanks!
This is amazing and has helped me so much as I prepare for my first NaNoWriMo. I've been completely lost when it comes to outlining. Thank you so much for making it simple!
as one of those people with the "they died" endings (sorry guys) this is insanely helpful. thank you so much!
I'm late to the party but I'm so glad I discovered your channel! THANK YOU for making these videos and sharing your wealth of knowledge. I'm 44 and finally decided to pursue my dream to be a writer and had no idea where to start. I will dedicate my 2nd novel to you, Abbie ;)
Thanks so much Abbie, you just awakened my enthusiasm to go and outline a story after many, many years of confusion and avoidance!! Can't wait to put all this great advice into use!!
I've been binge-watching your videos for a week now, and I've learned so much...im afraid to actually apply them.
I CREATED A PLOT BEFORE DEVELOPING MY CHARACTERS AND A THEME!
I'm gonna go insane, but I think I could get through it (your videos honestly help A LOT).
Wish me luck 🤞
Where have you been in my life? Thankyou so much for posting these videos. For ages I've had an idea for a novel, yet have struggled with the middle. Thanks to your quirky and interesting way of explaining things, the penny dropped, the fog has lifted, I am now officially out of excuses. Thanks again, Abbie.
You are an excellent teacher! Not sure if you teach in real life, but you should! I stumbled upon your channel last night and just ABSORBED this 4-part series for outlining a novel. I've gotten to the point where my hand is not only cramped from taking so many notes, but my index finger is actually a little numb from holding my pen for so long LOL. No seriously, I've taken 12 pages of notes between watching the first two videos last night and the other two today. Let's just say I'm no longer afraid of outlining a novel I've been developing for over 10 years now (off/on) - but this helps me focus more on the main character. THANK YOU for making these videos! I'm looking forward to watching the others.
Oh my goodness, thank you so much Melanie!!! This is my favorite comment ever wow... so happy this series has been helping you! 💛✨ I'm so glad you're no longer afraid of outlining! *high fives * I'm honored that I could help you with it. 😊 ROCK ON!
Abbie Emmons I wish I could show you how I’ve been organizing the story beats. I don’t have them fully planned out yet, but I’m old school and used index cards to plot out each act/beat. I initially had a chapter outline going, then realized it’d be much more functional to outline the scenes then write the chapters as they come. It’s still hard for me to write out of chronological order, which is why this method works so well for me! 💜 Also if I haven’t said it on any other videos yet I can’t wait to read your debut novel!
I thought of myself as a pantser but that was because I never really understood what an outline was but now thanks to your series I know I am a planner. I usually plan my novels in my head way before I start writing but the mistake I make is not writing down my ideas and organising them. Thank you so much for your videos, they really helped me❤
This series is INCREDIBLE!!! Thank you so much! The way you presented the information makes it so easy to understand and exciting!
I like to use the term "satisfied but sad" to describe your readers at the end of the book. They're satisfied by the character's growth, but sad because the book's over, but satisfied because there aren't actually any questions, but sad that there aren't any questions since that means it's really the end, but satisfied they aren't left on a cliffhanger, but sad because there probably won't be any more, but overall satisfied.
The fact that you are STILL under 100k is unbelievably upsetting to me, because your videos have literally helped me more than practically every single other channel on this website combined. I frankly believe it to be that you tell the truth about writing, and ask the hard questions, and people would rather believe a quick "top 8 tips for writing your novel" video is more helpful than being told to sit down and actually think about their characters and story. You will be the first person I ever support on Patreon (assuming you have one) because you have been the most instrumental towards writing my story. Thank you!
I haven't heard a better or more helpful explanation. Thank you!! This was incredibly useful.
I save all of your videos as ABBIE EMMONS WRITING CLASS. I take notes and return to them often. Thank you for being so wonderful. ❤
I am so happy I found this. I knew the story but the plot is something I’ve struggled with for YEARS, but this gave me the tools to flesh out a story worth telling and reading ☺️☺️ thank you!!
I've always struggled with making character arcs and character development for a long time, and every youtube channel I've watched regarding character arcs says to just wing it and I really didn't understand what to do, but your channel has helped me so much! I've been able to make a character arc woven within the plot and I understand it perfectly well! Thank you so much!
Ok, new to writing, new to this channel!
I have to say, this girl is for sure- long winded but she says the exact same thing other vloggers say with a little extra something that really hits home for me. I watch some of the other gals, their sarcasm is fun and all, but I just get it when this girl says it, especially when she puts up her points on the screen. Thanks!! I am subscribing.
I just have to say this music was so fitting for this video. Great Job 👍
It hit me around the midpoint of the last video in the series that this is the perfect guideline to life in general. We go through this stuff IRL whenever we grow as people or face obstacles. Pretty sure that means it's gonna work just fine for storytelling lol.
Gonna be food for thought for me for a good while I believe so, thank you for sharing this. You really deserve a lot more viewers than you have.
Thank you so much for your kind words! They mean so much to me, and I am thrilled that the content I make encourages you to chase your dreams and make your story MATTER!
I just have to say, I wasn't going to watch this series because I HATED outlining. I LOATHED it. I never understood it. But I just finished the outline for my third novel with this method and I'm so so so happy! These were the videos I didn't know I needed!
THIS MIGHT JUST BE MY FAVORITE COMMENT I'VE EVER RECEIVED. 💛💛💛 thank you so much! I'm so glad you give this series a try and that it helped you!! woo! ✨ yOU ROCK
Thanks a lot. Because of you, I am able to write my own story. ❤️❤️❤️
I'm so happy!! 💛
Awesome series I just finished watching it. I printed the PDF and now I'm going to implement it. Thank you for the content.
This series was so helpful! I’m currently editing my debut novel and finding it difficult to conclude act three. You have opened my eyes to how I can go back and change everything, so thank you for breaking it down and making this so easy to understand! 🤩
On another topic, your background is so beautiful! It's perfect! :)
Hey! I wanted to thank you for this series. Thanks to your explanation now I FINALLY have an idea of how I want my story to end. I'm gonna write it all down on the template. Thank you again for the huge inspiration boost you gave me! And also for teaching this awesome method
This is a gem.
Thank you, Abbie.
You are awesome! What an intelligent girl! I am so grateful for all you do.
I'm watching this series to help me outline my memoir and feeling great about how well my last two years fit into the structure, then I realize that I'm in the a-ha moment portion in real time. 😩😩😩😩
Wait...I have writing hours worth of notes when the 3 act story outline PDF is in the description?!!! 😅😅😅
Anyways, this 3 act story method is really AMAZING! I was super confused on how to write a novel, but with this.. it changed my life!!!!!😝😝😝
I am truly thankful for your videos... They taught me a lot of things. You are amazing Abbie!!!
I want to find that person who disliked your video
Careful, there are four of them now.
Perhaps... defeated villains in other stories?
Your videos are helping so much with my novel planning, I've been binging them all day and can now say this is the first plot that I'm actually able to put together! Thanks for helping me leave my pantsing days behind!
Abbie, you should have so many more followers! You're a natural born teacher... and it's easy to test your ideas and tips... simply think about your favourite stories... yep... on point. Thanks!!
all this is pure gold, thank you very very much for Sharing and teaching us all this knowledge
selain dari saya suka dengan pembahasannya, saya juga suka dengan cara kamu dalam mengedit musik sehingga terasa harmoni dengan cara kamu membawakan materinya.
terima kasih abbie.
Thanks for the tips, Abbie! As I started this video I realized that I hadn't actually plotted out the details of how my protagonist is going to grow. I'm on my first novel ever and am arguing with my impatience because I need it to be finished. Anyway, thanks for a helpful video. :)
Very glad I went through this series. ❤🎉
oh abbie, i love you! thank you, thank you, thank you! i had this story in my mind (inspired by my real life friendship), and i've already wrote two chapters, but i wasn't really satisfied and was stuck. i'm now writing an outline following the three act structure and this is helping me a lot.
Subscribed, Bell Notification On, Like on all videos, and a follower on your blog.
The fact that you even made a template is extremely generous of you. You've made an amazing impression and easily educated me in what to do.
Literally saved my ass... This series was amazing and saved my trainwreck of a story!!!
Hey Abbie, I know this series has been on your channel for a while, but as a newbie I want to say thank you! I ran one of the stories I had started to outline through the questions asked in your templates and it really opened up the protagonist to me. I had to step back and ask what were they struggling with internally? Before this exercise they had blindly moved forward into the plot because I wrote it, now they have more to think about and a lot more at stake!
Thank you so much for all of your videos! I hope to make my own videos soon to add to my journey with my own book
Watching this in the future, and your videos are amazing. Thank you for all of your effort!
God bless you, Abbie! I love this series and it's helping me so much with my story!
Wow, this series was so awesome and inspiring! You rock!
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for explaining all so it made sense. Enhancements I have wanted for my MC just started flowing so had to keep pausing the video to note them in Scrivener. Wow, so excited to make the changes which will enhance the MC's journey for the reader's enjoyment!
THIS COMMENT MADE MY DAY 💛 I'm so glad this video inspired you + gave you ideas!! that's so awesome! Best of luck with your WIP, I'm sure it's gonna rock 🤘✨
I love how you use the Alaskan flag as your outline template at 5:55
Abbie is my RL mentor 💜
Your videos are SOOOO good.
You have literally shaped my writing life, your videos are not filled with anything that feels like a waste of time. I always feel so much more inspired to write after binge watching you.
Btw, could you PLEASE make a video on supposed victory? I have finished the whole arc but doesn't feel that complete.
I loved this series! I'm been having trouble figuring out how to interweave my character ac and story, but this was perfect! I loved how you connected each point to the protagonist's internal conflict!
Love your videos. Thank you so much. I am definitely benefiting from them. Plus, I followed you on Amazon. I'm definitely interested in your novel 100 Days of Summer.
@9:30 Pure gold right there!
You're the first person I've heard explaining the 3 act structure (or any plot structure) in a way that's made me not-hate it; probably because I feel like story structures are always presented as a sequence of events (this has to happen, then that has to happen) but you've emphasized the importance of tying these story beats to why they matter :P
Or at least the examples people give are always super generic and never tie to the protagonist's internal conflict in any obvious way; e.g. the example inciting incident is always a call to a generic adventure or something bad that happens that would be bad for anyone, and it just turns me off from using story structures because I don't want to write that kind of story and it's not at all obvious to me how to use them to write different stories :'D
I just wanted to say that you are the best! I love your videos, the way you edit them and all the useful information in them.
Wonderful set of videos! I had actually started creating my own template from the first three, but yours is an upgrade!
I love happy endings. 9 times out 10 I want to write happy endings and that 10th time is a setup for a sequel where the characters have a chance to either undo the downer ending or achieve an even better ending that wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for the initial downer ending.
Hi Abbie! I've been binge watching your video and I must say THANK YOU!!! These help me a lot and took the stress out and I'm now super excited to continue writing! Above all, I think what makes these "technical" video so fun is your personality and how you deliver it! Super engaging and I want moremoremore! Can't wait for your next works (be it in writing or video), and I hope creativity is by your side always!!! ❤️
Also a little idea: since I love how you explained writing a main character, it'd be awesome if you can talk about how to write side characters that builds the story and main character's arc. How to make them also three-dimensional, believable, and how to write their relationship with the main characters. Thank you, Abbie!
Wow thank you so much!! This comment brightened my day x10000! 💛✨ I'm so happy you've been enjoying (and binge-watching) my videos! That means so much to me omg… And I love that idea, thank you for requesting it! I'm definitely going to make a video on that topic soon. ;)
Glad to hear that! Thank you Abbie!!!
Hazel, Mark and Priscilla will come and talk. We’ll go out, pick up Abhigel and head to Vizag. A long drive while discussing things. Once we reach vizag, we head to the airport and fly to Mumbai and meet you all there.
I just subscribed- I love your videos! Particularly your ones on romance because I find it hard to write
Yes you are right
Thank you so much!! 💛✨ I'm so glad you like my writing-romance videos!!
Thanks so much, Abbie.
Why does my protagonist think they will be victorious?
What's happening that makes them feel so close to achieving happiness?
What does this disaster specifically mean for my protagonist?
How does it force them to realize
that they're to blame for this crisis?
How does it disarm them and make them face off fear + misbelief?
How does this disaster bring my protagonist to the darkest and lowest moment of their life?
How is your protagonist going to overcome their fear to continue to the climax?
What lesson are they going to learn (and teach the audience?)
How does my protagonist prove their transformation (crushing the misbelief + facing fear)
How has my protagonist change as a result of her journey?
Thank you very much for your insight it has given me a lot of insight
I am writing a double POV contemporary romance so I technically have to do the outline twice. One for each, since I really want both of them to be fully developped.
great way to end this! Now I am going to have to take a look at my latest outline and throw in these little details and thoughts that will make the story prefect!!! Thanks again for doing this! Looking forward to the video topic you mentioned in the video! I feel like this series has really helped me and I can not wait to see how amazing my stories turn out now!
OH MY GOSH this comment brightened my day x100000 💛✨ SO HAPPY this series helped and inspired you!! woo! 👏 YOU ROCK.
Abbie, You're the best.