Welcome back to Flash Week! Today is Day 6. If you’ve gotten this far, you have a four-act outline ready, you’ve drafted the first two acts, and you are ready to write Act Three of this story. If you missed the first five days, I recommend you go back and start from Day 1. We’ll be here when you get back.

For this month’s flash story, we’re going to use a classic four-act structure, and today is all about getting from the midpoint to the darkest, lowest moment of the story. It’s a tall order for ~200-300 words!

Here’s today’s exercise:

Using your four-act outline, write the falling action (Act Three) of your story. Don’t forget to:

• Show a struggle to obtain a character need
• Show a clear failure, setback, or obstacle that appears to be insurmountable

Got it? Great! Save it for tomorrow, when we’ll finish up with Act Four. See you then!