Trough of Hell: How to Wrap Up the Middle of Your Story with

Trough of Hell: How to Wrap Up the Middle of Your Story with Maximum Impact (Story Structure Essentials Book 3)
Conquer Act Two. Complete Your Story in Less Timeâ€”and with Less Frustration.

If youâ€™re like me, you know how your screenplay or novel* is going to start and end. Maybe not the exact image or line, but youâ€™ve got a rough idea of what youâ€™re going to write. So you begin writing your story with lots of enthusiasm...until you reach the middle, aka Act Two.

Thatâ€™s where you get stuck. Suddenly, all of your enthusiasm evaporates. Blank pages are scary in general. Blank pages from Act Two, those are downright terrifying. But if you figure out which events end Act Twoâ€”often referred to as the â€œall is lostâ€ momentâ€”everything else will fall into place. If you do that, youâ€™ll be writing screenplay or novel pages quickly. Theyâ€™ll be good pages too. Pages which engage, excite, and enthrall.

So, How Do You Write a Screenplay or Novel with a Perfect â€œAll Is Lostâ€ Moment?

Itâ€™s simple: craft a sequence which is filled with pain, emotion, and paradox...what I like to call the heroâ€™s â€œtrough of hell.â€ Combined, these three elements re-engage audiences, right when their interest is about to flag. Thatâ€™s why itâ€™s so important to use your writing skills to get this story structure essential right.

With This Screenwriting Guide, Youâ€™ll Learn:
- how to use 4 different pain types to inflict maximum damage to your hero (and why you should)
- 3 methods to make the trough of hell more emotionally intenseâ€”without altering a single beat of the â€œall is lostâ€ moment
- how a hero seems to be the furthest away from his goal, when you and I both know heâ€™s about to accomplish it in 15 pages (give or take)
- 7 common ways to end Act Two and how to overcome the unique challenges each presents
- how to enchant audiences by combining multiple trough types
- the trick Peter Jackson used to increase the emotional weight of THE TWO TOWERS
- why the most effective way to hurt your heroâ€”even in an action movieâ€”doesnâ€™t involve blood, burns, or bruises
- 5 different forms of betrayal you can use to split your protagonists apart
- how to use setups and payoffs to extricate your hero from dicey situations (like capture and death)
- the secret sauce to turning allies into foes (think Dr Nichols in THE FUGITIVE)
- what stuck out the most to Johnny Depp when filming THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL...and why it matters to you, when writing screenplays
- the STAR WARS secret which will help you achieve galactic screenwriting dominion
- how to pace your story like a pro
- how to handle story structure problems specific to thrillers, action movies, comedies, and romantic comedies
Plus...8 detailed case studies which should help you put together the writing secrets you'll learn from this book. All blockbuster films, the case studies include BRIDESMAIDS, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, ABOUT A BOY, OCEANâ€™S 11, and BRAVEHEART.

Never Get Stuck in the Middle of Your Story Ever Again

Conquer Act Two...for good. Write your screenplay or novel with more ease, more speed, and more confidence. Scroll up and buy Trough of Hell today!

* While all the examples come from movies, this writing skills guide can help authors who are struggling with the middle section of their novels.

Other titles in the Story Structure Essentials series:

Inciting Incident: How to Begin Your Story and Engage Audiences Right Away
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Story Climax: How to Avoid Disappointed Audiences and Craft a Screenplay or Novel Climax Which Thrills and Delights
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If you're serious about writing screenplays and novels which audiences will love, also take a look at:

Story Stakes: Your #1 Writing Skills Strategy to Transform Readers into Raving Fans & Keep Them Turning the Pages of Your Screenplay or Novel
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-01-20
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-01-20
Format	Kindle eBook

Trough of Hell: How to Wrap Up the Middle of Your Story with Maximum Impact (Story Structure Essentials Book 3)

Conquer Act Two. Complete Your Story in Less Timeâ€”and with Less Frustration.

So, How Do You Write a Screenplay or Novel with a Perfect â€œAll Is Lostâ€ Moment?

With This Screenwriting Guide, Youâ€™ll Learn:

Never Get Stuck in the Middle of Your Story Ever Again

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