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| Mar 24, 2019 at 17:33 | comment | added | Amadeus | @WillfireZTiger Basically all stories, even one page shorts, have a beginning, a middle, and an end. The 3 act structure is just a generalization derived from popular stories about what is generally in each of those parts. Other forms, say Shakespeare's 5 act structure, actually follow the 3AS too, but Shakespeare had specific complications that divided his stories into 5 acts. He still wrote wrote a beginning, middle and end -- but with extra twists in the "middle". Don't get hung up on the name; 3AS is a study of the structure most commonly found in stories that became very popular. | |
| Mar 24, 2019 at 15:37 | comment | added | Willfire Z Tiger | Thank you for the advice. However I'm not sure if I'm going for a three act story. Most stories don't have 3 acts. But hey I still need to read the links so maybe I'm a bit biased in my response to this answer. You have some good advice on writing endings. | |
| Mar 24, 2019 at 12:30 | history | answered | Amadeus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |