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Enter a manuscript target and get printable word-count ranges for Act I, midpoint, Act II, and Act III. Runs entirely in your browser. We do not store your manuscript or names.
Point beats are a single location. Span beats overlap on purpose — do not add the word ranges together. Save the Cat percentages here are the film table applied to prose; novelists often flex them.
Act I — Setup
0–20,000
Inciting incident (band)
8,000–9,600
Break into Act II
20,000
Act II — Confrontation
20,000–60,000
Midpoint
40,000
All is lost (band)
60,000–64,000
Act III — Resolution
60,000–80,000
| Beat | Kind | words | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act I — Setup | span 0–25% | 0–20,000 | |
| Inciting incident (band) | span 10–12% | 8,000–9,600 | |
| Break into Act II | point 25% | 20,000 | |
| Act II — Confrontation | span 25–75% | 20,000–60,000 | |
| Midpoint | point 50% | 40,000 | |
| All is lost (band) | span 75–80% | 60,000–64,000 | |
| Act III — Resolution | span 75–100% | 60,000–80,000 |
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