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Story Structure Part #10

By Lynette Easonon April 17, 2024
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This is it, folks. The last post in this series. If you’ve hung around this long, thank you! I really hope you’ve found it interesting and helpful.

Last time we talked about the falling action of the story, and now we’ve come to the end.

The Resolution

What is the resolution of the story?

“The End,” right? Well, yes. But it’s not wrapping everything up; it’s wrapping everything up well, so the reader feels satisfaction with the ending. You don’t want to end a story that makes the reader slam the book and throw it against the wall with a vow “never to read anything by that author ever again!” Literally or figuratively. (Please don’t throw your Kindle against the wall.) I’ve done this exactly twice. I won’t tell you the books because you would probably recognize them. The endings were shocking and terrible and I hated them. I’ve also never read another by either of the authors. Has that ever happened to you?

Here’s where we left our story last time:

The mayor is arrested. Sophia’s parents have expressed their remorse and grief about everything. And Sophia determines to bring Cassidy home.

The conclusion is the final wrap-up. Sophia finds her sister with her parents’ help. Her parents learn their fate for their participation in an illegal adoption, but it wasn’t a kidnapping. So the penalty is labeled a misdemeanor. (This depends on the state.) They are given their sentencing, which includes community service. (This is where I would do a little more research and consult with a lawyer in the state on how this would legally be handled.)

They didn’t know that the mayor killed the poor girl who gave birth. He told them he came across the baby; and as long as they didn’t ask questions, they could have her. They agreed. Sophia and Cassidy are happily reunited now that the threat is gone. The mayor ends up dead in the end, Cassidy’s birth mother gets a funeral attended by Sophia, Cassidy, and Oliver. And Oliver and Sophia have feelings for each other and decide to date.

THE END (whew!)

Now, if you’re reading these blog posts one after the other, you may notice a few inconsistencies in the structure of the story. (I don’t know; I haven’t gone back through it yet.) But that’s okay! Seriously, this is how I get the bones of my story down. But that doesn’t mean it’s finished by a long shot. It’s now time to start weaving the subplots throughout, deepening characterization, fixing anything that doesn’t work in the structure, etc. But that’s a whole other blog post series coming your way soon.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this series and you found it helpful. Feel free to ask questions if you have them.

How about your story? How does it end? What do you leave with the reader when the final word is read? Satisfaction? A sense that all is well? A feeling of having learned something? Sometimes it’s hard to know until you get that reader feedback, but take a guess.

Until next time.

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Story Structure Part #9

By Lynette Easonon March 28, 2024
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We are so close to finishing our Story Structure series. Last time, we talked about the climax of the story. This time, we’re going to talk about the Falling Action. This comes after the climax. What is the Falling Action all about? ThoughtCo says, “The falling action in a work of literature is the sequence of events that follow the climax and end in the resolution. The falling action is the …

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Story Structure Part #8

By Lynette Easonon March 13, 2024
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Welcome back to Story Structure. We’re still using our story we’re creating with Oliver and Sophia; and we’ve come to the beginning of Act 3, which includes the climax, falling action, and resolution. Let’s talk about the climax of the story. The climax is the moment of greatest emotional intensity, conflict, or suspense in the story. It’s a pivotal point where the main conflict reaches its …

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Story Structure Part #7

By Lynette Easonon February 27, 2024
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Welcome back to Story Structure. We’re still using the story we’re creating with Oliver and Sophia, and we’ve come to Plot Point #2. Plot Point #2 comes after the dark moment (that I talked about last time) and just before the climax. Plot Point #2, according to Larry Brooks, is defined as “the final injection of new information into the story, after which no new expository information may …

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Story Structure Part #6: The Dark Moment/Black Moment

By Lynette Easonon February 8, 2024
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Hey, everyone, welcome back. If this is your first time here on the blog, I encourage you to go back to the first post in this series and work your way to this one. Otherwise, you might find yourself a little confused. And now, onto the next part. In our story structure series, we’ve arrived at our Dark Moment, also known as the Black Moment. This is where everything seems to be lost. Everything …

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Story Structure Part #5

By Lynette Easonon January 24, 2024
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Welcome back to Story Structure. Using our story we’re creating with Oliver and Sophia, we come to Pinch Point #2. Pinch Point #2 comes after the midpoint of your story, where the main conflict and stakes have been clearly established or escalated. This is about ¾ of the way through. In our story, this is after the revelation that the face reconstructed by Oliver is not Cassidy but her friend …

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Story Structure Part #4 – Three Act Structure

By Lynette Easonon December 13, 2023
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[Due to a technological glitch, this post did not go out in our newsletter feed, so we are posting it again for those who missed it.] Welcome back to our series on story structure. Last time I talked about Pinch Point #1. Remember, a “pinch point” in a story is a moment where the antagonist’s power is showcased, applying pressure to the protagonist and emphasizing the stakes at …

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Story Structure Part #3 – Three Act Structure

By Lynette Easonon November 9, 2023
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Welcome back to our series on story structure. As I’ve said before, this is only one of many options to choose from when it comes to plotting your stories. In the last two posts, I covered the inciting incident and Plot Point 1. I left poor Oliver attacked outside the restaurant with a head wound and a warning to “let the dead stay dead.” Someone doesn’t want the skull reconstructed. Oliver’s …

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Story Structure Part #2 – Three Act Structure

By Lynette Easonon October 31, 2023
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Welcome back to the continuation of story structure. For this series, I’m using the Three Act Structure. However, there are other models you can use. Just because I’m using this one doesn’t mean none of the others won’t work as well. However, the three-act structure is a tried-and-true method for crafting a story and is utilized by screenwriters and novelists alike. So, here we are in Act 1. Act 1 …

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Story Structure Part #1 – Be Wise When Crafting Your Fictional Foundation

By Lynette Easonon October 17, 2023
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When you were a child, did you sing that song about the wise man and the foolish man? The foolish man built his house on the sand, and the wise man build his on the rock. So when the rains came, the wise man’s house was still standing; but the foolish man’s house came tumbling down. It’s the same with story structure. If you build your story with a firm foundation, it will stand; but if the …

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