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Culture and Media Faculty Member Al Hallak Offers Dynamic, Character-driven Alternative to Rigid Story Structures

A still photo from a film features a medium close-up of an actor playing a stringed instrument. Laid over the photo is a diagram of the structural elements of a 4-act story with incidents and turning points in each act.

Instead of following traditional structure (conflict, climax, resolution), stories following Hallak’s Multi-Structure (aka Falling Arrow) Technique unfold in a series of ‘incidents’ and ‘turning points,’ creating a more unpredictable narrative.

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