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Emmanuel’s Solved Structural Problems
What I learned doing this assignment is the structure points must be present to have an engaging story. Identifying the structure questions exactly as they appear in the script is the best way.
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Lee’s Solved Structure Problems
What I learned doing this assignment is…that there were definitely some holes in the structure that needed fixing. I did this both with notes in Lesson 5 and by putting placeholders and even re-doing some scenes in the script.
STRUCTURE QUESTIONS
Act 1
OPENING/OLD WAYS – An opening prologue engagingly shows how Milly and Marcus loose Milly’s mom Lana to an evil general who captures her after the crash of a flying craft of some kind.
Ten years later, Milly and Marcus both show hints of the New Ways, but live their daily lives firmly planted in the old. Both at dinner and breakfast, Milly and Marcus use old ways (non-magical, non-superhuman) to do everything. Marcus goes to his secret lab, Milly to school with friend Justin. They’re both considered nerds and deal with bullying, etc.
INCITING INCIDENT – Marcus doesn’t come home. This is highly unusual. Milly is helpless, distraught, and doesn’t know what to do. Justin and her skip school and investigate, come up empty until they find a mysterious paper with instructions on it. Milly thinks they’re all dumb.
TURNING POINT – An attack on them in Milly’s home by unknown forces, and a rescue by the mysterious (and hilarious) Granny Sue, and the subsequent destruction of Milly’s home forces her to trust Granny Sue and do as she says.
Act 2
NEW PLAN – Milly and Justin read through instructions given them by Granny Sue. In spite of Milly not knowing what it’s about, and Justin’s skepticism, she says they must do the plan—go to a specific GPS coordinate that is far away near Area 51.
PLAN OF ACTION – Yes, Milly and Justin do go to where the coordinates are, despite interference from the Antagonist and Justin’s skepticism.
MIDPOINT TURNING POINT – The two get to the coordinates late, where they find Granny Sue. She’s angry because their tardiness could have endangered their mission. She reveals that Milly’s father is hidden in a secret bunker nearby, he’s being used in a plot by evil General Janus, and they’re the only ones who can spring him. because they’re the only ones with enough magic and strength to rescue him.
Act 3
REACT/RETHINK – It is revealed to Milly and Justin that Milly is an alien human (her mother’s side), and that her father is a wizard (her human magical side).
NEW PLAN (that incorporates New Ways) – Granny Sue explains her plan for rescuing Marcus from Janus’s hidden bunker underneath the Lava Craters National Park. It requires Milly to use her new physical and magical powers
TURNING POINT – The plan fails because Janus has been expecting it and entraps Milly, Justin, and Granny Sue. They become prisoners, and still have no idea where Marcus is or what to do to free him.
Act 4
DILEMMA – Milly must choose whether to stay with her family and protect them as they escape Janus’s compound, or risk their death to go after Janus and eliminate him so he’ll never menace them or anyone else ever again.
CLIMAX – ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF THE CONFLICT – This “battle royale” requires Milly to use all of the innate abilities that she’s covered up for so long. Janus is a much more experienced wizard, which compensates for his lack of her super-strength and speed. In the end, his own cruelty and the innate magical ability that runs only in Milly’s family (and the reason he’d kidnapped Marcus) that brings him down.
RESOLUTION – The resolution represents the New Ways as Marcus, Lana, and Milly contemplate whether to magically reconstruct their wrecked house or not, and just how much of their power to use in everyday life.
NEW WAYS – The new ways are the united Martinez family, part alien, part magical, and all human. Especially in Milly, who embodies all three. At the end, she says how they could do a lot of good in the world with their unique abilities, and asks her friend Justin (tongue in cheek) that, if she decided to become a superhero, would he like to be her sidekick.
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ED solved structural problems.
What I learned during this assignment was the inciting incident scene needed to be stronger, more pivotal. That was accomplished. The dilemma and climax sequence was a bit off. Not totally clear, that required cleaning up. Overall the structure there. There some room for additional scenes for set up and pay off which so far are minimal.
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