Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Plot structure & turning points · Working

Crisis

Also called: critical choice

ELI5

A moment of acute danger or decision that forces a decisive choice.

Used in conversation

“Let’s track the crisis through the outline before rewriting scenes.”

Pitch context

Use this when explaining how the story works on the page or across the finished screen experience.

Why it matters: Helps describe how a story works on the page and how its dramatic parts fit together.

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