Story structure is a subject that inspires endless questions.

As you write your closing lines, consider all the words that have come before and cap them off with an intellectual and emotional home run of a resolution!

The point is to bring the story and its primary conflict to its expected moment of irreversible resolution in a way that fulfills our every promise to our readers.

If the first and second acts were engaging and aesthetic labyrinths, the third act is where X marks the spot.

The second half of the second act is where your plot really starts popping.

This centerpiece is your second major plot point, the midpoint, which divides your second act.

If we pay attention to solid story structure, we find that the middle of the story has a checklist all its own.

The first quarter of your story hinges upon two important and irreversible moments: the inciting event and the key event.

The first plot point is the moment when the setup ends, and your character crosses his personal Rubicon.