Comments on: How to Structure A Story: The Eight-Point Arc http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-to-structure-a-story-the-eight-point-arc/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:29:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Katheryn Lane http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-to-structure-a-story-the-eight-point-arc/comment-page-1/#comment-391556 Katheryn Lane Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:43:30 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=821#comment-391556 Thank you for the article. A great summary of how to structure a good story Thank you for the article. A great summary of how to structure a good story

]]> By: Tarra http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-to-structure-a-story-the-eight-point-arc/comment-page-1/#comment-389344 Tarra Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:45:55 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=821#comment-389344 Thanks for this! I am writing three stories - a storyboard for a machinima horror miniseries, a sci-fi children's novel, and a role-playing fantasy game campaign for my 6th grade students. This will work for all of them! I'm really excited to use this and was imagining already the overall arc for each of the eight points. Thanks for this! I am writing three stories – a storyboard for a machinima horror miniseries, a sci-fi children’s novel, and a role-playing fantasy game campaign for my 6th grade students. This will work for all of them! I’m really excited to use this and was imagining already the overall arc for each of the eight points.

]]> By: Seneka Abeyratne http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-to-structure-a-story-the-eight-point-arc/comment-page-1/#comment-240355 Seneka Abeyratne Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:50:29 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=821#comment-240355 I've had Nigel Watts' wonderful book for many years and read it ever so often. The eight-point arc is handy even for writing plays and screenplays. I'm a published playwright (Sri Lanka) and recently took a crack at writing my first screenplay -- a kind of "art house" psychological drama set in Scandinavia. Even though it has a non-linear plot, the eight-point arc was the template. I’ve had Nigel Watts’ wonderful book for many years and read it ever so often. The eight-point arc is handy even for writing plays and screenplays. I’m a published playwright (Sri Lanka) and recently took a crack at writing my first screenplay — a kind of “art house” psychological drama set in Scandinavia. Even though it has a non-linear plot, the eight-point arc was the template.

]]> By: Dave Felton http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-to-structure-a-story-the-eight-point-arc/comment-page-1/#comment-229527 Dave Felton Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:58:17 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=821#comment-229527 Great article. I realise it has been posted for some time but I have only just come across it. Simple, effective advice. Dave Great article.

I realise it has been posted for some time but I have only just come across it.

Simple, effective advice.

Dave

]]> By: Bill Rambo http://www.dailywritingtips.com/how-to-structure-a-story-the-eight-point-arc/comment-page-1/#comment-227406 Bill Rambo Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:27:29 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=821#comment-227406 Excellent article; thanks! One quibble -- in terms of the tragedy, Romeo's fatal choice is to challenge and kill Tybalt, after he killed Mercutio. All the other wrong choices stem from that one, and it puts the responsibility for the rest of the tragic outcomes to some extent or another at his feet. Excellent article; thanks! One quibble — in terms of the tragedy, Romeo’s fatal choice is to challenge and kill Tybalt, after he killed Mercutio. All the other wrong choices stem from that one, and it puts the responsibility for the rest of the tragic outcomes to some extent or another at his feet.

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