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Section Five

Chapter 17
Act, Sequence and Scene as Plot Twists

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Dramatica for Screenwriters by Armando Saldaña Mora

Section Five
3 Acts, 16 Sequences And 48 Scenes—
How To Get The Complete Plot From Dramatica

Chapter 17
Plot Definitions I:
Act, Sequence And Scene As Plot Twists

Let's step away from Dramatica to ask a question so important for writers that most writers never get to ask it.  What makes a Plot?

Better yet, what makes an interesting Plot?

Most screenwriting books will tell you "a Plot is made by a succession of Events."  But what makes an "Event"?  Armando Q & A Well, most books will tell you "an Event is made of Dramatic Change."  Then again, what makes "Dramatic Change?"

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