ACT TWO EXPLAINED (act One And Three Are Already Posted)

ACT TWO EXPLAINED (act one and three are already posted)

WITH BUILT IN CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

Protagonist peruses fear based goal: Show how the character is trying to get what they want without facing their fear. Motivation is to get to the finish line while avoiding discomfort.

Midpoint: UH OH PLOT TWIST. Why does this stop your characters plan? How does it force your character(s) out of their comfort zone?

Protagonist approaches from a different angle: Your protaginist creates a new plan with the same motivation as before the midpoint. But its getting harder and harder to avoid that pain/fear.

Opposition gets closer: Give your reader a taste of what your protaginist will face during the climax.

The Girl I Wish I Could Know (Sad girl story edited better)

A girl was sitting a couple of desks down. She had her hair in a long brown braid, with violets tucked into it. I didn't pay much attention to her, but I did steal a glance occasionally. The girl next to me was nice enough. We talked about school. It's boring as usual. She said she’s excited about the break from school next month. I’m not. I glanced at the first girl and considered talking to her. But it’s too late, the bell rings and I have to go. 

The classroom was quiet, filled with students working on poetry assignments. Everyone was quietly skimming through their chosen poems. Everyone, except for one girl who memorized her lines. My heart skips for a second as I recognize her from earlier. She stared straight ahead, eyes glued to the empty chalkboard, her lips pressed into a thin line. As the other students took their turns, I watched silently, waiting for mine.

It was almost like she was making a show of not looking my way. Instead she twirled one of the violets between her two fingers. No one else knows they’re my favorites.

People fall out of love all the time. Ask anyone. Or better yet, ask someone who’s fresh out of a relationship. They’ll have a lot to say.

They drift apart. Or have different priorities. Sometimes people cheat or lie, sometimes they argue, sometimes they just change.

But that didn’t happen to us. 

The teacher called her up. She made eye contact with me for just a second before she read. Maybe she didn’t realize it or maybe I just imagined it; but it almost felt like she was talking to me. She said: 

“The sun can rarely meet the moon 

And when it happens everyone stands to stare 

They hold their roses new in bloom 

And wonder if they’d ever dare"

She pauses.

"In another life we’d meet again 

Have a story with a happier end."

She hesitates again. The teacher tells her to continue.

"None of this was my making 

To keep those two away 

Was another's undertaking”

My eyes followed her as she walked back to her seat. I wonder if she realized that she dropped the violet she was holding. It's almost funny, in a sick way. Do you know what they call our soft young love?

They call it “gross indecency.”

They call it a felony.

(BTW IM SUBMITTING THIS FOR A CONTEST SO ANY FEEDBACK WOULD BE APPRECIATED)

@gardenofrunar @prettiest-boy-around @chaoticcandle @seekmemystar @jamespotterbbg

THEY COMMIT WAR CRIMES ON CROWS AND DONT LIKE ALIENS

@thatslytherinbitch54

See above for the fact that they declared war

READY YOUR TROOPS SIRE

WE SHALL GO TO WAR

AT DAWN WE MEET

TROOPS

@gardenofrunar @seekmemystar @chaoticcandle @andbunnyforall @jamespotterbbg

@tequilaqueen @a-k-oblackhat @gayafaaryn

I LOOK TO YOU TO DEFEND MY HONOR

⍙⟒ ⍙⟟⌰⌰ ⎎⟟☌⊑⏁

so it appears we're mutuals now may i just tell you your ideas have helped me and will continue to do so have a sunflower 🌻

AH TYSM

i will treasure the sunflower with my life (its name is Alfeo and i am very attached to it)

Noah Kahan saying "ooh silence is maling me nostalgic" and "you're the gratest thing we've lost" and "I spend nights stiching up the loose threads stiching up the loose threads of my soul and in the morning im bulletproof"

This is why music is art

what about your wip is on your mind at the moment? any fun thoughts to share? :3

I just finished chapter two!!!! (of that draft)

I love the little people I hallucinated, they're amazing. I'm so annoyed cause I have exams soon, so I have to take a break from working on it to study or else im not studying 😭

But like I'm in the stage where im like yessss its all coming together

Don't we love making people go missing <3

Should I drop a paragraph?

(ALSO thank you for the ask (? idk what to call these) !!! I love love love them)