Story Structure Study

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M
1	Three Acts	Harmon's Quadrants	Brooks' Four Major Parts	Chamberlain's Nutshell		Shakespearean Five Acts	Michael Hauge's Six Stages	Syd Field's Paradigm	Harmon's Story Circle	Eight Sequences	Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey	Blake Snyder's Save the Cat Beat Sheet	Blake Snyder Tips
2	Three Acts	Harmon's Quadrants	Brooks' Four Major Parts	If Comedy	If Tragedy	Shakespearean Five Acts	Michael Hauge's Six Stages	Syd Field's Paradigm	Harmon's Story Circle	Eight Sequences	Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey	Blake Snyder's Save the Cat Beat Sheet	Blake Snyder Tips
3	Act I: Thesis	Dishonest Order	Set-Up (Orphan)	Set-Up Want		Act I: The Exposition	Stage I: Set-Up & Opportunity	Act 1: Inciting Incident & Set-Up	You	Status Quo & Inciting Incident	Ordinary World	Opening Image
4												Set-Up & Theme Stated	Six Things That Need Fixing
5												Set-Up & Theme Stated	Six Things That Need Fixing
6									Want		Call to Adventure	Catalyst
7							Stage II: New Stituation & Change of Plans			Predicament & Lock In	Refusal of the call	Debate
8											Meeting the Mentor	Debate
9				Point of No Return (Gets Set-Up Want But There's A Catch)				Plot Point 1	Go		Crossing the Threshold	Break Into Act Two	Double Bump here (if needed)
10	Act II: Antithesis	Dishonest Chaos	Response (Wanderer)	Crisis (Opposite of Want)	Triumph (Gets Want)	Act II: Rising Action	Stage III: Progress & Point of No Return	Act 2a & Pinch Point 1	Adapt/Search	First Obstacle & Raising the Stakes	Tests, Allies, Enemies	B Story
11						Act II: Rising Action		Act 2a & Pinch Point 1	Adapt/Search	First Obstacle & Raising the Stakes	Tests, Allies, Enemies	Fun and Games	Promise of the Premise
12						Act III: The Climax		Midpoint	Find	First Culmination/ Midpoint	Approach of Inmost Cave	Midpoint	False Victory/False Defeat The stakes must be raised!
13						Act III: The Climax		Midpoint	Find	First Culmination/ Midpoint	Ordeal	Midpoint	False Victory/False Defeat The stakes must be raised!
14		Honest Chaos	Attack (Warrior)			Act IV: Falling Action	Stage IV: Complications, Higher Stakes & Major Setback	Act 2b & Pinch Point 2	Pay/Take	Subplot & Rising Action	Reward/Consequence (Seizing the Sword)	Bad Guys Close In
15												All Is Lost	Whiff of Death
16												Dark Night of the Soul	leads to The Moment of Clarity
17								Plot Point 2		Main Culmination/ End of Act Two	Road Back/New Challenge & Rededication	Break Into Act Three
18	Act III: Synthesis	Honest Order	Resolution (Martyr)	Climactic Choice (Toward Strength)	Climactic Choice (Worsens Flaw)	Act V: Denoument or Resolution	Stage V: Final Push & Climax	Climax & Resolution	Return	New Tension & Third Act Twist	Resurrection	Finale	1. Gathering the team, Planning
19													2. Storming the castle, Executing plan, going well
20													3. High Tower Surprise (the princess isn't there! it's a trap!)
21													4. Digs deep down and comes up with new plan
22													5. Execution of new plan & victory
23				Final Step (Toward Strength)	Final Step (Worsens Flaw)		Stage VI: Aftermath		Change	Resolution	Return With Elixir	Final Image
24	Source	Source	Source	Source		Source	Source	Pinches	Source	Source	Source	Source	Source
25		Source 2
26	NOTE: Cell size does not indicate length or screentime! They're only these sizes so that they can line up with similar beats in other columns. You should decide how much time your story needs for each part.
27	Generally, Act 1 is 25%, Act 2 is 50% and Act 3 is 25% of screentime.
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