Tentpole Scenes

What are the emotional milestones of the story?

Opening	Audience’s First Impression	The Protagonist self-sabotages, in a comfort zone that enables them.
15 min	Inciting Incident	The Antagonism disrupts the Protag’s comfort zone.
30 min	Lock In	Antag destroys the Protag’s comfort zone.
Between 30 & middle	Reactive Pinch	Protag grieves the comfort zone too hard to effectively adapt to the new norms.
Halfway	Midpoint	Protag starts understanding how to change effectively.
Between middle & T-30	Active Pinch	Protag adapts promisingly to the new norms!
T-30 min	Square One	Protag cannot yet change the hardest part of their Arc.
T-15 min	Climax	Protag permanently changes from Before to After.
Ending	Audience’s Last Impression	Protag demonstrates how their change shapes their new comfort zone.