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1-3-5 StoryStructure

The document outlines the 1-3-5 story structure, which involves an unexpected change that disrupts the main character's life and launches their journey. Key steps include the main character initially rejecting the change, then committing to deal with it. Around halfway, the main character fully embraces the change. Their main opponent then reemerges stronger, leading to an escalating conflict and final battle. In the end, the main character sacrifices what they want to make the world better and is rewarded.

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1-3-5 StoryStructure

The document outlines the 1-3-5 story structure, which involves an unexpected change that disrupts the main character's life and launches their journey. Key steps include the main character initially rejecting the change, then committing to deal with it. Around halfway, the main character fully embraces the change. Their main opponent then reemerges stronger, leading to an escalating conflict and final battle. In the end, the main character sacrifices what they want to make the world better and is rewarded.

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PASSOS DO 1-3-5 EM PT MAL TRADUZIDO

1-3-5: THE SET-UP

1-3-5:

First, establish the normal existence and expectations of


your Main Character - but only enough to give context and
meaning to the Unexpected Change that is about to occur.
1-3-5: THE UNEXPECTED CHANGE

1-3-5:

Next, a single event must occur that upsets your Main


Characters expectations and experience of normal life and
launches his or her journey.
1-3-5: THE REJECTION - "I DON'T WANT"

1-3-5:

No one likes or accepts change in the instant it happens!


Your Main Character now must exert the least possible effort
to restore life to exactly the way it was before. (Ideally
occurs in first 10% of total page count.)
1-3-5: THE COMMITMENT

1-3-5:

Your main character eventually accepts that the Unexpected


Change is not going to go away and commits to reluctantly
struggling through this new life. (Ideally occurs in first
20% of total page count.)
1-3-5: THE REVERSAL

1-3-5:

Halfway through your script, your Main Character must fully


embrace the Unexpected Change for purely self-serving
reasons. (Ideally occurs within 5 pages before or after 50%
of total page count.)
1-3-5: THE EMBRACE - "I DO WANT"

1-3-5:

The Embrace is best seen, not heard. In a comedy, it is


typically a montage to a hot track. In romance, it is
typically a love scene. In action, it is typically a highenergy action sequence with the Main Character in full
control and engagement. Keep dialogue to a minimum!
1-3-5: THE RETURN OF THE MAIN OPPONENT

1-3-5:

Now that your Main Character embraces his or her new life, it
is time to surprise him or her with a significant obstacle which is always the Main Opponent with newly heightened
powers.

2.

1-3-5: THE ESCALATION

1-3-5:

The entire second half of your script will feature an


increasingly focused and escalating duel between your Main
Character and the Main Opponent.
1-3-5: THE FINAL BATTLE

1-3-5:

Ultimately, your Main Character must physically face off


against the Main Opponent and fight on behalf of self and a
greater cause.
1-3-5: THE TWIST

1-3-5:

To heighten jeopardy for your Main Character, you may want to


add a surprise reveal (built on earlier hints) that further
challenges, limits or weakens your Main Character during the
Final Battle.
1-3-5: ROCK BOTTOM

1-3-5:

At the end of the Final Battle, your Main Character must be


at his or her greatest point of weakness, with no support and
seemingly no way out, while your Main Opponent is at
his/her/its greatest point of power.
1-3-5: THE FINAL CHOICE

1-3-5:

In the last moment of the Final Battle, give your Main


Character precisely the choice he or she had to make after
the Unexpected Change, now with far greater consequences.
1-3-5: THE SACRIFICE - "I RELUCTANTLY GIVE UP"

1-3-5:

Your Main Character should choose to reluctantly give up what


he or she wants to become a better person and make the world
a better place.
1-3-5: THE REWARD

1-3-5:

Your Main Character ultimately must be rewarded for his or


her Sacrifice. (Ideally occurs within the last 5% of total
page count.)

3.

O set-up
Em primeiro lugar, estabelecer a existncia e as expectativas
de seu personagem principal normais - mas apenas o suficiente
para dar contexto e significado para a mudana inesperada que
est prestes a ocorrer.
A mudana inesperada
Em seguida, um nico evento deve ocorrer que perturba
expectativas e experincia de vida normal do seu personagem
principal e inicia a sua jornada.
A REJEIO - "EU NO QUERO"
Ningum gosta ou aceita mudana no instante em que ela
acontece! Seu personagem principal agora deve exercer o menor
esforo possvel para restaurar a vida de exatamente do jeito
que era antes. (O ideal ocorre em primeiro de 10% da contagem
total de pginas.)
O COMPROMISSO
Seu personagem principal acaba aceitando que a mudana
inesperada no vai ir embora e compromete-se a relutncia
lutando por essa nova vida. (O ideal ocorre em primeiro de
20% do total de pginas.)
A reverso
No meio de seu script, o seu personagem principal devem
aceitar plenamente a mudana inesperada por razes puramente
egostas. (Idealmente ocorre dentro de 5 pginas antes ou
depois de 50% do total de pginas.)
O ABRAO - "eu quero"
O abrao melhor visto, no ouvido. Em uma comdia,
tipicamente uma montagem de uma pista quente. No romance,
tipicamente uma cena de amor.

4.
Na ao, tipicamente uma sequncia de ao de alta energia
com o personagem principal no controle total e engajamento.
Manter dilogo para um mnimo!
O RETORNO DO PRINCIPAL ADVERSRIO
Agora que o seu personagem principal abraa sua nova vida,
hora de surpreender-lhe com um obstculo significativo - que
sempre o principal adversrio com poderes recm-aguados.
A escalada
Toda a segunda metade do seu script contar com um duelo cada
vez mais focada e crescente entre o personagem principal e o
principal adversrio.
A BATALHA FINAL
Em ltima anlise, o seu personagem principal tem de
enfrentar fisicamente fora contra o principal adversrio e
lutar em nome de si mesmo e uma causa maior.
O TWIST
Para aumentar perigo para o seu personagem principal, voc
pode querer adicionar uma surpresa "revelar" (construdo em
sugestes anteriores) que os desafios ainda, limites ou
enfraquece o seu personagem principal durante a batalha
final.
Extremamente baixo
No final da Batalha Final, seu personagem principal deve ser
pelo seu maior ponto fraco, sem apoio e aparentemente sem
sada, enquanto seu principal adversrio est em his / her /
seu maior ponto de poder.
A escolha final
No ltimo momento da batalha final, dar o seu personagem
principal, precisamente a escolha que ele ou ela teve que
fazer aps a mudana inesperada, agora com conseqncias
muito maiores.

5.

O SACRIFCIO - "Eu relutantemente Give Up"


Seu personagem principal deve optar por dar relutantemente
at que ele ou ela quer se tornar uma pessoa melhor e fazer
do mundo um lugar melhor.
A RECOMPENSA
Seu personagem principal, em ltima instncia devem ser
recompensados por seu Sacrifcio. (Idealmente ocorre dentro
dos ltimos 5% da contagem total de pginas.)

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