Miskatonic
Auror
I see the three act structure touted by so many writers, whether they are novelists, screenwriters, etc. I'm starting to wonder if it's just an outdated approach that is merely there to give the writer a false sense of security because the structure has succeeded more than failed in the publishing world (making it appear more lucrative to just follow blindly).
All these rules and templates seem to be there only to dictate the confines in which we are allowed to express ourselves. I know they aren't rules written in stone, but still, they all assume you have one MC that does the same old "quest", in whatever form it takes, and at certain parts of the book you have to have a conflict of some type, then some type of resolution at a specific point as well.
It's like we are writing to an audience that never takes it's literary training wheels off and actually evolves to reading stories with a little more complexity. These don't have to be huge leaps, just a slowly moving progression.
And last of all, if you are writing a multi-book "series", trying to plan out a three act structure within that looks to be a major pain in the ass, especially if you aren't doing a trilogy.
Any thoughts?
All these rules and templates seem to be there only to dictate the confines in which we are allowed to express ourselves. I know they aren't rules written in stone, but still, they all assume you have one MC that does the same old "quest", in whatever form it takes, and at certain parts of the book you have to have a conflict of some type, then some type of resolution at a specific point as well.
It's like we are writing to an audience that never takes it's literary training wheels off and actually evolves to reading stories with a little more complexity. These don't have to be huge leaps, just a slowly moving progression.
And last of all, if you are writing a multi-book "series", trying to plan out a three act structure within that looks to be a major pain in the ass, especially if you aren't doing a trilogy.
Any thoughts?