Tuesday, November 9, 2010

3 Act Structure

Act I
Inciting Incident:
Baby egret is uninterested in learning how to fish and nutria shows him that the "grass is greener" up on the neutral ground.
Plot point: The egret leaves with the nutria to have the easy life up on the neutral ground.

Act II
Midpoint:
The egret grows so dependent on being feed by humans that he has no means to find food once the humans stop coming to feed the animals on the neutral ground.
The egret tries to get food from a human in the car, but the human tries to eat him.
The egret goes to the nutria for food, but all the nutria has to offer are roots to eat, and the egret can't stomach that.
Plot point: The egret goes to his siblings for food, but they rebuke him.

Act III
Climax:
The egret tries to find food for himself, but he struggles to fish because he is fat and unskilled. Once he does catchs small minnow, he himself is consumed by a gator.

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