His or her allies are the other members of the team and the people and forces who oppose him or her are the opposite team. The football, of course, represents the problem. The star player s goal post represents the solution the star is seeking, and the enemy team s goal post represents the worst case scenario the hero is trying to avoid. Once I have identified all these key elements of the play, I just have to write it, and that s the fun part. The climax is usually also the crisis or turning point of the fortunes of the protagonists, the fortunes of the antagonists, the peak of the rising action.
Conflict is the struggle between opposing forces that determines the action.
Falling Action is that part of a dramatic plot that follows the climax or point of highest interest. Rising Action is that part of a dramatic plot that leads through a series of events of increasing interest and power to the climax. It begins with an event that sets a conflict of opposing forces into motion, and moves through complication towards the climax. Protagonist is the principal and central character of a play. Antagonist is the character who stands in direct opposition to or in conflict with the central character.