Notes tagged “Beginning middle end”

2024

• Jul 2
  Beginning, middle, and end part 7: Event stories The key change in an event story about the protagonist’s situation and circumstances. The beginning introduces an outward goal, the middle shows the struggle to obtain it, and the ending shows success or failure.

  12 min
• Jun 4
  Beginning, middle, and end part 6: Character stories part 2 The key change in a character story is about worldview and beliefs. The dilemma and decision show how the protagonist grapples with change, and the ending demonstrates that her change was genuine.

  11 min
• May 7
  Beginning, middle, and end part 5: Character stories part 1 The key change in a character story is about worldview and beliefs. The beginning establishes the protagonist’s ‘lie,’ and the progress and disaster phases show how that lie is challenged.

  9 min
• Apr 2
  Beginning, middle, and end part 4: Idea stories The key change in an idea story is about understanding. The beginning introduces a question, the middle shows the pursuit of an answer, and the ending reveals it.

  10 min
• Mar 5
  Beginning, middle, and end part 3: Story types The three key types of change in stories are revelation, character decision, and external action. These map to idea, character, and event stories in Orson Scott Card’s MICE quotient.

  4 min
• Feb 6
  Beginning, middle, and end part 2: In search of a useful framework Beginning, middle, and end can be framed as the cause of change, the process of change, and the consequence of change. Scene-sequel format helps illustrate the process of change.

  8 min
• Jan 2
  Beginning, middle, and end part 1: Aristotle misinterpreted Aristotle’s claim that a story should have a ‘beginning, middle, and end’ seems to be more about wholeness than structure.

  2 min