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So you’re on the last lap of the second act. And now, it’s all or nothing; you must sprint to the finish line. But as you power your way to break the tape of Act Two, there are a few key essentials you must keep in mind. The sixth sequence centers around yet another obstacle, but this conflict for your main character must be the greatest so far and the script’s climax. The protagonist’s predicament has been building-up to this decisive plot-point moment: the MAIN CULMINATION. It is here where the second act tension is at its highest; the reader’s worst fears are…

Screenplay Genre: Drama Movie Time: 138 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Eve (Anne Baxter) has seen every performance of Margo Channing’s (Bette Davis) latest play “Aged in Wood” on Broadway and is an adoring fan. Margo’s best friend and wife to the playwright Lloyd Richards (Hugh Marlowe), Karen (Celeste Holm), invites Eve backstage one night to meet Margo for the first time. (00:12:48)