From the Midpoint on, we pick up the pace, and we
put pressure on the hero that forces him to change. That’s
why I call the stuff that occurs from pages 55-75 the “Bad
Guys Close In” section. Both internally (problems inside the
hero’s team) and externally (as actual bad guys tighten their
grip), pressure is applied that makes life tough for our lead.
Figuring out how this happens in your movie is one of the great
challenges of storytelling. But by thinking “external”
and “internal,” it’s actually
easy.
