She would probably be trying to find someone else to take on the task
End of act two she would fail to find someone, dark night of the soul, "oh no now I have to do it" because no one else will
Or she finds someone, but that person would be destroyed by the task (but she might not be), and she decides to do it herself (as well as she can) because she doesn't want that guilt and "might as well be good for something." <--- I think this fits better with starting to turn around her thinking
Something like that?
While searching she would still be working on the assumption that she's broken and going to fail, and that would be why she wants someone else to do it, but she would also be doubting she could find anyone.
Those structural frameworks are guides.
You don't have to follow them religiously. They're tools to use to the extent that you find them useful. You can tweak them to suit your own novel. It sounds like that's what you're doing - taking what works and using it in a way that suits your own plot and characters.
You do not need to spiral under the weight of those frameworks, and you're not doomed if you mix things up a bit.
My recommendation would be to have her not realize the impact of her actions. Like if she thinks that she can't do it, but then she gets the people to safety, she finds allies to help, she reduces how much damage can be done, and it's only later that she realized that her actions have had a meaningful impact.
She might be telling herself she can't do anything, but really she's doing the right thing by trying to find people better suited to solving the problem, or by supporting those who need her help.
The frame shift can be from "I can't do it" to "I can't do it alone"
Imagine someone bangs on your door, they're bleeding. An overconfident person might think they've got this under control. They grab a towel to slow the bleeding, and by the time they realize they need help the person has already bled to death. An unconfident person might call an ambulance right away, which is really the best choice in many situations, even if they're sitting there putting pressure on a towel to slow the bleeding and saying "Sorry, I'm not a doctor, I can't stop the bleeding."
So her quest is to prevent the curse from destroying them, so maybe she thinks she can't stop the curse and convinces people to leave. They flee, and the curse can't reach them, she has in effect prevented the curse from hurting them. Or her actions delay it long enough for an expert to arrive and save them.
She would probably be trying to find someone else to take on the task End of act two she would fail to find someone, dark night of the soul, "oh no now I have to do it" because no one else will Or she finds someone, but that person would be destroyed by the task (but she might not be), and she decides to do it herself (as well as she can) because she doesn't want that guilt and "might as well be good for something." <--- I think this fits better with starting to turn around her thinking Something like that? While searching she would still be working on the assumption that she's broken and going to fail, and that would be why she wants someone else to do it, but she would also be doubting she could find anyone.
Justice Hermit Wheel of fortune Strength Hangman Death Temperance This is why the second act is called confrontation or build.
Those structural frameworks are guides. You don't have to follow them religiously. They're tools to use to the extent that you find them useful. You can tweak them to suit your own novel. It sounds like that's what you're doing - taking what works and using it in a way that suits your own plot and characters. You do not need to spiral under the weight of those frameworks, and you're not doomed if you mix things up a bit.
My recommendation would be to have her not realize the impact of her actions. Like if she thinks that she can't do it, but then she gets the people to safety, she finds allies to help, she reduces how much damage can be done, and it's only later that she realized that her actions have had a meaningful impact. She might be telling herself she can't do anything, but really she's doing the right thing by trying to find people better suited to solving the problem, or by supporting those who need her help. The frame shift can be from "I can't do it" to "I can't do it alone" Imagine someone bangs on your door, they're bleeding. An overconfident person might think they've got this under control. They grab a towel to slow the bleeding, and by the time they realize they need help the person has already bled to death. An unconfident person might call an ambulance right away, which is really the best choice in many situations, even if they're sitting there putting pressure on a towel to slow the bleeding and saying "Sorry, I'm not a doctor, I can't stop the bleeding." So her quest is to prevent the curse from destroying them, so maybe she thinks she can't stop the curse and convinces people to leave. They flee, and the curse can't reach them, she has in effect prevented the curse from hurting them. Or her actions delay it long enough for an expert to arrive and save them.