Every author hears of the three-act novel at some point. One thinks of Shakespeare, vast libraries, and high literature when discussing the points of writing a novel with three parts. However, rather than complicating storytelling, its origins in Ancient Greece were designed to make the process easy and clear. Let’s take a look. The acts are split this way: Act 1: Set up the main characters by tossing them into the worst conditions you can concoct. Act 2: Torture characters until they are ultimately confronted with their mortality. Act 3: After facing their worst fears, the characters are ready to turn chaos into resolution. Or, to simplify: Act 1: I’ve…