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Any moment that pushes your story through a major barrier can be considered a plot point.
Carson Reeves • Scriptshadow Secrets (500 Screenwriting Secrets Hidden Inside 50 Great Movies)
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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
in a three-dimensional drama the midpoint is where a character learns what they are capable of, and in a two-dimensional drama the truth about the adversary
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
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The Midpoint is also often called the MOMENT OF COMMITMENT or the POINT OF NO RETURN or NO TURNING BACK: the hero/ine commits irrevocably to the action.
Alexandra Sokoloff • Writing Love: Screenwriting Tricks for Authors II: Story Structure for Pantsers and Plotters (Screenwriting Tricks For Authors (and Screenwriters!) Book 2)
The midpoint is a useful place in your script to raise the stakes and jeopardy beyond a point of no return; to ensure something happens to compel the protagonist further so they can't back down. Up until now, the hero has had the inciting incident (will they/won't they get involved in the story?) and the end of act one (they decide to actively
... See moreTim Clague • Write a Script in 10 Weeks
The midpoint, then, is the moment the protagonists are given a very powerful ‘drug’ but not the necessary knowledge to use it properly.