In Wolff’s book, Your Creative Writing Masterclass, he talks about how to develop inspiration, characters, and the “three-act structure” in writing a story. Wolff discusses how the best writings can come from the most significant events in our lives such as experiences during our childhood, dreams, nightmares, etc. The best way to develop characters is to observe our surroundings. Once our characters are created, we must know everything about them such as their childhood, fear, likes, worst and best qualities, regrets, etc. We also must know what our characters would do in certain situations such as if they were falsely accused of a crime, had to save one thing from their house during a fire, saw an older person being mugged, won a lot of money …show more content…
“In Act One, you establish your character and their world and introduce an inciting incident—something new that will set your character on their journey to achieve some kind of goal” (Wolff 123). Sometimes the conflict can start in the first sentence. The first sentence is the most important and must hook the reader or they will go no further. “Like a good first sentence, it captures our curiosity and makes us want to keep reading” (Wolff 139). It is also important for us to remember to hold back some information about the characters we developed because it will create a certain pace that will appeal more interesting and will leave a mystery in the reader’s heads. The more secrets and the more unanswered, the more the reader will be wondering what happens next. After the beginning, we enter the middle which is the half way point, also known as Act Two. Wolff speaks of Act Two as the main character which in mostly the “protagonist encounters many obstacles and setbacks” (Wolff 123). The protagonist usually sees their quest and continues to seek the quest. However, the goal may change throughout their journey because of the realization of what they need. This is the “highest point of danger” and can cause the character’s failure. There are many conflicts that a character can face such as the man versus nature. In the level of safety, the