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Genre -
By the end of your first act, your readers should clearly understand whether your novel’s personality is relatively stable or will likely surprise them as it unfolds.
For a stable genre, the end of act one should include elements that support first impressions of your novel’s personality type but add to or at least hint at additional depth and shadings to come.
For a surprising genre, the end of act one should include elements that fly contrary to first impressions of your novel’s personality and add to or at least hint at a greater true and more surprises to come.
In this step, list the genre elements you wish to present in the last part of the first act.