Almost nobody's second act problem is actually a second act problem. When it's not working, the instinct is to go back in and fix it - add a scene, punch up the midpoint, force in more conflict. And it still doesn't work, because the second act was never where the problem lived. It was just where the problem showed up.
In this live 75-minute workshop, you'll run your own concept through three tests to find out whether it's actually built to generate a second act, or whether you've been forcing scenes to happen because the premise isn't doing its job. We'll use a real produced screenplay premise ("The Invite") as an example to show exactly how this works before you apply it to your own pages.
This one's for you whether you're developing a brand new idea, rewriting a script whose second act keeps collapsing no matter how many times you rebuild it, or writing for television, where your series concept has to keep generating your recurring episode-to-episode conflict.
You'll get:
- The live workshop (Tuesday, September 8 at 7:00 PM CT)
- The video recording
- The slide deck used during the session
- The companion worksheet
- The full screenplay for The Invite, the film we'll break down live