Description
Regular consumers of story, either written or film, learn to recognize the patterns that come with the rise and fall of action. Story structure models help to provide reasoning and some mathematics to what the readers know by instinct. However, many story structure models focus on the protagonist of the story. The antagonist is often treated as an afterthought or ignored completely. As such, the dynamic interplay between the protagonist and the antagonist is not leveraged to its full potential.
The Mohr Story Structure model is a model of my own devising that incorporates the antagonist and focuses on their role within story structure. This spreadsheet outlines the act structure and the beats related to the Mohr Story Structure model.
For a full discussion about the Mohr Story Structure model, refer to my book Antagonistic Beats of a Story: Understanding the Role of the Antagonist in Story Structure.