Arcs Quote by Chuck Wendig

Well, I think if you're telling a story, a three act structure will just naturally emerge out of it. But I also love it…

— Panos Cosmatos

“Storybook events come in threes. So, it seems, does Hell.”

— Franny Billingsley

It feels like we're all so familiar now with the traditional three-act structure that, actually, stories that are more complex, more naughty, that allow…

— Kevin Macdonald

“Three,” he squeaked to Chett, “that was three, I heard three. They never blow three. Not for hundreds and thousands of years. Three means—”…

— George R.R. Martin

God always comes up with a third act twist -- and we won't know until we die whether the play was a comedy or…

— Joan Rivers

I tend to gravitate toward the "act two," or "act three," or "act four" stories - either things that are underreported, where we think…

— Sarah Stillman

I love the three-act theory. It works and works beautifully. But you don't necessarily have to structure a story that way: Cortazar and Borges…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

It's also possible to have two third person singular points of view, as represented by two characters through whose eyes the story is told…

— Arthur Herzog

“Plot is certainly a part of constructing a story. It’s a factor in outlining. But believe it or not, it’s the least important factor.…

— Libbie Hawker

In writing and speaking, three is more satisfying than any other number.

— Carmine Gallo

There are two sides to every story, and sometimes three, four, and five.

— Bill Cosby

“Three is a sacred number. Some say it represents the trinity or three layers of the soul.”

— Laura Treacy Bentley