Structure

Things get more complicated

Things get clearer


Goals -- big and small
Make sure the characer has a goal in each sequence.

Converging elements

Expanding elements

Engine/Power Tool

Hold back information, cut early, insert a mystery, an engine a power tool. Create a subplot. Build in a twist. Make things more complicated.

Things CHANGE (location, knowledge, relation of elements, physicality, stakes)

Tone changes - things get more serious; what started out as a joke, becomes serious; what started simple, becomes more complicated

Chronology
Solving external conflict solves internal conflict
External conflict as metaphor for internal conflict

A character learns outside information and bout themselves

Introduction of MORE

Dark Moment (all appears to be lost)

Light Moment (it appears the hero has obtained his/her goal; but it's a lie)

Life Line (secret source of power)

Momentum (it becomes clearer what needs to be done, closer to the point of no return, things are unstoppable, at the same time obstacles become greater, scenes get shorter, writing gets quicker, less syllables, less description, more sound effects)

Surprise

Curiosity

Build ( scenes get shorter, subplots converge, clock ticks, stakes are greater)

Twists