Are you still using the 3-act structure in composing a chapter?

[Eldoria]

Are you still using the 3-act structure in composing a chapter?

 

[Zenftiy]

No, I’ve just been winging it and hoping the chaos looks intentional

 

[Deleted member 206441]

Depends.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Haven't actually thought about it but probably.

 

[Supperset]

Uhh.

 

[LesserCodex]

I have no fucking clue what that is.

 

[RainyLiquid]

I don't know what that is and I don't care to know either. I write the way I want to write.

 

[Zagaroth]

I write events from the starting point, continue to at least 2K, and then keep going until I find a natural point to pause at. The pause may continue with the same character in the next chapter, or switch to a different PoV character, depending on what seems best.

 

[KUWABARA]

I loosely try to use the Asiatic 4-structure act, Kishōtenketsu. Introduction, development, twist or reversal, and resolution.

 

[whitesculptor]

What's that?

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Nah in Australian "yeah, nah m8."

 

[Corty]

The only thing I regularly use is cliffhangers.

 

[WhaleSprite]

If the 3 act structure is the first introduce settings and characters, then introduce the conflict, then reach peak of conflict resolve it and tie loose ends.. Then no... At least don't use that format often. Because Sometimes end my chapters in cliff hangers.or sometimes the "conflict" isn't actually resolved.

 

[Zevion_Asgorath]

What the hell is that or formulation in general? I just write how I see fit and that's it

 

[LilythGeist]

No, I’ve just been winging it and hoping the chaos looks intentional

Yup. Sums up my approach.

 

[Clo]

I don't really think of it as the three-act structure, but I often have one particular thing I want to talk about each chapter.

So it stands to reason it gets introduced and we see some kind of resolution by the time the chapter is over.

However, it's all me just winging it and following my instincts.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Looking at it, I think most of my arcs are written in a three act format, but some arcs are one chapter long, while others take ten to resolve.

 

[Deleted member 166465]

I use my own concoction, a mess of... things and times.

 

[Ai-chan]

3-act structure is for the whole story. It was designed for plays and epics (poetry). Using it for each chapter is too restrictive and stifles your style. Ai-chan would use it for arcs, but not for chapters. Ai-chan isn't fond of 3 act structure, to be honest. Apart from as an experiment in school, Ai-chan had not used it much.

 

[Seaspecter]

I don't even know what that is...