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Upper Primary

All About Plot

Series 1 : Lesson 04

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Working out what goes where

Working out what goes where in a story can sometimes be tricky. Luckily, there is a simple tool we can use to help shape our PLOT – no matter what kind of story we are writing! This lesson will show you how to structure your stories, and how to make your story events flow in an exciting, satisfying way.


Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Meet the creators
01:05 How to form a story plot: what goes where?
02:22 The Three-Act Structure
02:31 Act 1: Character, setting and problem
02:52 Act 2: Make the problem more complicated!
03:20 Act 3: The exciting finale!
04:42 Final words of advice
05:30 Here's what we've learned

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