Tag: mirror moment


  • The Mirror Second in Fiction: A Midpoint Methodology for Plotters and Pantsers

    Word From KMW: One of many first writing lecturers I bear in mind studying from was James Scott Bell. After I began religiously studying the Author’s Digest journal as a younger author, Jim’s common column at all times spoke to me. He had a knack for naming high-concept concepts in a means that at all…

  • The Midpoint in Story Construction: Self-Recognition and Id

    “Who am I?” is the query that echoes beneath each character arc. On the story’s Midpoint, that central question rises to the floor. This central beat—this all-important Second of Reality in story construction—capabilities most symbolically as a second of self-recognition. It’s a mirror held as much as the protagonist, usually by the antagonist, that reveals…