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J. Thornbury, author
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I write stories that are commercially unviable, and therefore of no merit whatsoever. they/them Read my stories at jthornburyauthor.com/
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The traditional Five Act structure is absolute bullshit. Very much reads as categorisation invented by someone who didn't know how stories work, to try to describe what they read but didn't understand. A story where the actual climax is smack in the middle bores in the back half.

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1. Exposition — Yes. 2. Rising Action — Yes. 3. Climax — No. Perhaps minor victory, but only as part of the Complication. 4. Falling Action — The opposite. Complication gives way to the final Escalation of Tension. 5. Resolution — Half true; actually Climax and Denouement.

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J. Thornbury, author
@jthornauthor.bsky.social
I write stories that are commercially unviable, and therefore of no merit whatsoever. they/them Read my stories at jthornburyauthor.com/
18 followers4 following13 posts