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2	1	Act 1 - Set Up	Beginning	1	Arc 1a	Act 1 - Set Up	Beginning
3	1		Inciting Incident	2
4	1		Set up Climax	3							3 Act Structure (KimBoo York's Frankenstructure)
5	1	Act 2 - Confrontation	Obstacle Introduction	4			Inciting Incident				Act 1 - Set Up	Beginning (Introductions)
6	1		MIDPOINT	5								Inciting Incident (opportunity or travail)
7	1		Obstacle Confrontation	6	Arc 1							Set up Climax (hitting the road, taking the risk)
8	1		Disaster/Crisis	7							Act 2 - Confrontation	Obstacle Introduction (what's the problem?)
9	1		Climax	8								MIDPOINT (what's the solution?)
10	1	Act 3 - Resolution	Climax continues	9								Obstacle Confrontation (DO the solution!)
11	1		Dénouement	10								Disaster/Crisis/Point of no return
12	1		Ending	11								Climax begins (stakes go up)
13	2	Act 1 - Set Up	Beginning	12		Act 2 - Confrontation					Act 3 - Resolution	Climax continues (Final push)
14	2		Inciting Incident	13			Obstacle					Dénouement (winners win!)
15	2		Set up Climax	14								Ending / Send off / Aftermath
16	2	Act 2 - Confrontation	Obstacle Introduction	15
17	2		MIDPOINT	16			MIDPOINT
18	2		Obstacle Confrontation	17	Arc 2
19	2		Disaster/Crisis	18
20	2		Climax	19			Obstacle
21	2	Act 3 - Resolution	Climax continues	20
22	2		Dénouement	21
23	2		Ending	22
24	3	Act 1 - Set Up	Beginning	23				Act 1 - Set Up	Beginning
25	3		Inciting Incident	24					Inciting Incident
26	3		Set up Climax	25
27	3	Act 2 - Confrontation	Obstacle Introduction	26			Disaster/Crisis
28	3		MIDPOINT	27			Climax
29	3		Obstacle Confrontation	28	Arc 3	Act 3 - Resolution
30	3		Disaster/Crisis	29			Climax continues
31	3		Climax	30
32	3	Act 3 - Resolution	Climax continues	31
33	3		dénouement	32			Wrap up
34	3		Ending	33			Ending
35	4	Act 1 - Set Up	Beginning	34				Act 2 - Confrontation
36	4		Inciting Incident	35					Obstacle
37	4		Set up Climax	36
38	4	Act 2 - Confrontation	Obstacle Introduction	37
39	4		MIDPOINT	38					MIDPOINT
40	4		Obstacle Confrontation	39	Arc 4
41	4		Disaster/Crisis	40
42	4		Climax	41					Obstacle
43	4	Act 3 - Resolution	Climax continues	42
44	4		Dénouement	43
45	4		Ending	44
46	5	Act 1 - Set Up	Beginning	45						Onwards to Story Arc 3 if you are so inclined!
47	5		Inciting Incident	46
48	5		Set up Climax	47
49	5	Act 2 - Confrontation	Obstacle	48					Disaster/Crisis
50	5		MIDPOINT	49					Climax
51	5		Obstacle Confrontation	50	Arc 5			Act 3 - Resolution
52	5		Disaster/Crisis	51					Climax continues
53	5		Climax	52
54	5	Act 3 - Resolution	Climax continues	53
55	5		Dénouement	54					Wrap up
56	5		Ending	55					Ending
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58				57
59	Full Arc 2 option			58
60	1	Act 1 - Set Up	Beginning	59		Act 1 - Set Up	Beginning
61	1		Inciting Incident	60			Inciting Incident
62	1		Set up Climax	61
63	1	Act 2 - Confrontation	Obstacle Introduction	62
64	1		MIDPOINT	63
65	1		Obstacle Confrontation	64	Arc 6
66	1		Disaster/Crisis	65
67	1		Climax	66
68	1	Act 3 - Resolution	Climax continues	67
69	1		Dénouement	68
70	1		Ending	69
71	2	Act 1 - Set Up	Beginning	70		Act 2 - Confrontation
72	2		Inciting Incident	71			Obstacle
73	2		Set up Climax	72
74	2	Act 2 - Confrontation	Obstacle Introduction	73
75	2		MIDPOINT	74			MIDPOINT
76	2		Obstacle Confrontation	75	Arc 7
77	2		Disaster/Crisis	76
78	2		Climax	77			Obstacle
79	2	Act 3 - Resolution	Climax continues	78
80	2		Dénouement	79
81	2		Ending	80
82	3	Act 1 - Set Up	Beginning	81				Start Story Arc 2 if ongoing
83	3		Inciting Incident	82
84	3		Set up Climax	83
85	3	Act 2 - Confrontation	Obstacle Introduction	84			Disaster/Crisis
86	3		MIDPOINT	85			Climax
87	3		Obstacle Confrontation	86	Arc 8 if ongoing	Act 3 - Resolution
88	3		Disaster/Crisis	87			Climax continues
89	3		Climax	88
90	3	Act 3 - Resolution	Climax continues	89
91	3		dénouement	90			Wrap up
92	3		Ending	91			Ending
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