You know, it comes to mind that NaNoWriMo and this blog are not working together very well.

In any case, the treat for today is The Nine-Act Structure Homepage.
It contains a description of a particular structure for movies and games - the Nine-Act Structure. The author goes quite in-depth about what he means and why his way is the best. The Nine-Act Structure revolves around a "two-goal" format - characters in the story start out pursuing one goal, then some sort of revelation make them realize that their first goal was not the right course of action, so they start pursuing a second goal that is.

It's an interesting way of viewing things, and it certainly seems to work for movies. Does it work for games? I'm sure it helps, but at the moment I can't think of any CRPGs that actually use it. I suppose Chrono Trigger might, with what happens after you reach Magus' castle, but the reversal to the second goal usually comes late in the game. It's probably a problem that I haven't finished all that many CRPGs, for one reason or another.

NaNoWriMo progress: 2057/50,000 words = 4.102% finished