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All right. You're going to think I'm crazy for this one, but I promise you, once you see this, you're never going to forget it and you're going to see it everywhere. So the pattern of every scene you write is A-P-A-P-A. What does that mean? So antagonist is A, P is protagonist. So the antagonist acts first, then the protagonist, then the antagonist, then the protagonist, then the antagonist. That's how it works. And this maps onto the 5 Commandments of Storytelling that we talk about all the time here at Story Grid. So the antagonist goes first by creating the inciting incident. They're the one attacking, making the demand on the protagonist. Then at the turning point, the protagonist refuses to do what the antagonist wants them to do. Now, the antagonist then responds with an ultimatum. That's the crisis. Do what I want or else. Then the protagonist acts on the decision at the crisis. So now it's the protagonist's turn. They act on their decision. That is the climax. And then the antagonist decides how to respond to what the protagonist did. That is the resolution. So every scene that works goes like this: A-P-A-P-A. Like and subscribe for more writing tips.