It turns out that Peeta is secretly in love with Katniss. Plot Points Pushing Ahead the Plot’s Trajectory Katniss and Peeta see just how wealthy the governing body is and how poor they are on the deluxe train ride. Katniss and Peeta leave home for the Capital and that’s when readers and movie-goers find out just how twisted and corrupt the Panem leadership is. This creates the central dramatic question: Will Katniss survive? Then Peeta Mellark is chosen from District 12 too, and wouldn’t you know it, they have some history together because one of the rules of storytelling is Complicate, Complicate, Complicate. ComplicationsĪt the Reaping, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to replace her 12-year-old sister Primrose in the deadly Games. But then Collins has borrowed liberally from mythology and gory human history including a mashup of Dust Bowl imagery, a Nazi-like regime including the architecture, symbolism, and vicious stormtroopers, along with a hideous disparity between the classes. The story reprises the virgin sacrifices that existed in many cultures along with nods to mythical happenings. Reaping Day in The Hunger Games – Gale and Prim (Katniss’ little sister). Because the underlying brutality of the governing regime is an omnipresent threat. The inciting incident or catalyst happens on Reaping Day, an annual lottery where each of Panem’s 12 Districts must send two ‘tributes’ to participate in the state-sponsored, fight-to-the-death Hunger Games while the whole country watches the gruesome contest.
FINDING CPLOT POINTS IN A STORY SERIES
It’s the first book in Suzanne Collins dystopian series that takes place in Panem, a country that’s formed after the collapse of North American governments.
Let’s look at The Hunger Games to help identify these crucial moments. Also, they are often tests and reveal what your protagonist is made of.Īnd while turning points shift the direction of the story, keep in mind is that they’re also emotional turning points. I was thinking about them yesterday and how they snatch a protagonist from his or her comfort zone and thrust him or her into a threatening situation. The new territory can also be new spiritual territory, where principles, beliefs, and hearts are tested. I like to think of them as one way gates. They signal the reader that danger and shifting tides lie ahead. Turning points are the thresholds to the other side. One Way GatesĪs I’ve mentioned here before, effective fiction takes your main characters into new physical and emotional territory. –Jessica Morrellīefore this event, things might return back to normal afterward, it’s a whole new game. These moments, always shown via action, usually have an emotional change that comes with them. They’re also thresholds so characters pass through into a new situation.
Turning points are irrevocable changes staged as events or scenes, and are where the story shifts in a new direction. Because these essential moments need to create major ramifications. My job is to help the writer make the scene more momentous and intense, making sure the scenes contain enough emotional clout. It’s an especially important scene because it’s the tale of forbidden love and once they’ve crossed this line they’ve admitted censure and danger into their lives. It’s a crucial scene because everything in the story will change after this, the stakes will rise, serious repercussions will shape their futures.
It features two main characters about to make love for the first time. I was recently working on a client’s manuscript and an important scene was taking place in an early chapter creating the first major turning point. Turning Point or Plot Point Development Crucial Scenes These milestones are given different names by various experts. Most commonly they’re called turning points or plot points. I want to talk about the thresholds and milestones that happen in storytelling, including films. Turning Points and Plot Points in Storytelling from Jessica Morrell’s Editor’s Desk – A Chanticleer Writers Toolbox post
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