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Hell-bent for the end. We’re at the edge, hoping and fearing - if the hero turns left, all is well, but if she turns right, the world as we know it ends. Clarity is key. It’s not that we don’t have complex emotions or ideas about what it all amounts to – what’s the underlying message or theme – but at this point we crave CLARITY. Will he get the girl, defuse the bomb, kill his evil twin, and escape from the sinking boat surrounded by sharks? This is the OBLIGATORY SCENE: the final showdown between good and evil, and the moment we’ve been waiting for, where the hero…

This is the meat and potatoes portion... AND the most difficult part of writing a screenplay. Most mediocre and flawed screenplays are plagued by slow or meandering second acts. Keep in mind the main tension - and that your character should always be on the path to resolving that tension.