A flexible first choice
Works across novels, screenplays, and short fiction
Three-Act Structure
A flexible setup, confrontation, and resolution map for writers who want structure without a rigid formula.
01 · Templates
Find the shape hiding inside your story.
Begin with a proven structure, see its turning points as a map, then bend it until the chain belongs to your characters.
9 beats
02 · Template library
A useful starting shape for every kind of stuck.
Each template shows its visual form, scope, and best use before explaining the rules. Choose the nearest shape—not the framework with the loudest reputation.
03 · Make it yours
Borrow the structure. Keep the story.
Scyn templates are editable maps, not prescriptions. Their job is to give your first decisions somewhere useful to land.
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Start with the hinges
Place the turns that change what can happen next. Leave the smaller scenes alone until the spine holds.
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Test the connections
Link pressure to choice, cause to consequence, and setup to payoff. A borrowed beat earns its place only when it moves your story.
03
Make the shape yours
Move, rename, add, or remove anything that does not belong. The template is a starting geometry, not a rulebook.
04 · Start with a shapeStart mapping free
Choose a structure. Change everything that does not belong.
Free plan · No credit card · Every template remains editable