Is there a right way and a wrong way to approach the act structure of your story? Many screenwriters think about their scripts as having three acts. Others write two acts. Still others use a four act approach. And then there are those who don’t even think about acts at all. How do you know what’s right for you?
Before figuring out how many acts your script should have, listen to this advice from BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman, who puts the whole thing into perspective.
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I tend to write television with a four-act structure because A QUINN MARTIN PRODUCTION always had a Prologue, four Acts, and an Epilogue. I’ve personfully avoided writing freeze-frames at the end of the episode, though….