Clifford Garstang is the author of five works of fiction including the novels Oliver’s Travels and The Shaman of Turtle Valley and the short story collections House of the Ancients and Other Stories, What the Zhang Boys Know, and In an Uncharted Country. He is also the editor of the acclaimed anthology series, Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet. A former international lawyer, he lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
Thanks for the great post. I have been working on a novel for NANO and I had another version of the Three-Act Structure I have been using, but this one has a little more detail. I never liked the idea of using a structure like this, but I am actually finding it very helpful.
Is this your model of the three act structure? I would like to use it in my dissertation and need to know how to reference it.
Many thanks,
Becky
No, I didn’t create this model. I’ve seen it attributed to Syd Field, but I don’t know if that’s the diagram itself or just the concept.