What's the best way to DESTROY your characters? Surprisingly, it's not what you think. Most writers believe that the best way to write the disaster plot point is to just make some RANDOM AND TERRIBLE THING happen to their characters... but that's actually the most non-riveting way to write this climactic moment of your story! In today's video we explore the BEST WAY to make your characters suffer... by rooting the disaster in their greatest fear and misbelief. GRAB THE 3-ACT STORY STRUCTURE TEMPLATE: 🎥PREVIOUS VIDEOS IN THIS SERIES: ▶︎ACT 1 THE HOOK → THE INCITING INCIDENT → INCITING INCIDENT CASE STUDY → THE 1ST PLOT POINT → THE 1ST PINCH POINT → ▶︎ACT 2 THE PRE-MIDPOINT REACTIONARY HERO → THE GAME-CHANGING MIDPOINT → PLOT TWIST CASE STUDY → THE POST-MIDPOINT ACTION HERO → ________________________________ ✨T I M E S T A M P S ✨ 0:00 Introduction 2:48 Supposed Victory 3:50 Disaster 5:44 The Trap Most Writers Fall Into 7:55 Dark Moment 9:35 Important Note About Story Structure 11:09 Recap ________________________________ Subscribe for weekly episodes of #WritersLifeWednesdays !! ✨ V A L U A B L E R E S O U R C E S✨ ❤️GET BONUS CONTENT + SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL: 📚READ MY DEBUT NOVEL, 100 DAYS OF SUNLIGHT: 📓GET MY FREE WRITING TEMPLATES: ✏️VISIT MY AUTHOR WEBSITE: 💌GET NEW VIDEOS STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX: 🎤LISTEN TO MY PODCAST WITH MY SISTER: 💻GET SCRIVENER: MORE VIDEOS YOU WOULD LIKE: → HOW TO WORLD BUILD → HOW TO BRAINSTORM A BOOK IDEA → HOW TO WRITE POWERFUL SIDE CHARACTERS → HOW TO ROCK YOUR CHARACTER VOICE ✨F O L L O W ✨ blog: facebook: instagram: patreon: Business inquiries: abbie@ 🎵WHERE I GET MY MUSIC: ✨ A B O U T ✨ My name is Abbie Emmons I teach writers how to make their stories matter by harnessing the power and psychology of storytelling, transforming their ideas into a masterpiece, and creating a lifestyle that makes their author dreams come true. Story isn’t about “what happens” — it’s about how what happens affects and transforms the characters. I believe that there is an exact science (a recipe, if you will) behind a perfect story. And if you know what ingredients you need, you can create your own perfect story with ease and confidence. That’s what we talk about every week on this channel – and if it’s something you’re into, be sure to subscribe and join this community!