Breaking Story III Four Primary Plotline Points

Abstract

With inspiration from Aristotle and Joseph Campbell, the writer identifies Four Primary Plotline Points. What is the story’s beginning: The Protagonist's story setup: their life circumstances (external world) and psychological situation (internal world). What is the end of Act One: The events that spin the story out of the “ordinary” world of the first act and into the “extraordinary” world of the second act. What is the end of Act Two: The events that spin the story out of the second act toward the concluding events in the third act. What is the story's end: The Protagonist’s final struggle and how they have been transformed by story's end. An example of a Four Primary Plotline Point treatment is provided using the Pixar movie Up.