Robert McKee "Central Plot"
McKee’s Central Plot is a modified three-act structure.  It begins with an inciting incident, proceeds with progressive complications, and ends with a crisis, climax, and resolution.  What is not shown is McKee’s system of using beats to build scenes, scenes to build sequences, and sequences to build acts.  His third act is slightly shorter than the last act in the four-act structure examples.  The McKee second act picks up the extra time and is slightly longer than the combined middle acts of a four-act structure.

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