Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story (Helping Writers Become Authors Book 3)

The most powerful Climaxes are those segueing from the revelation into the action that ends the conflict.

quarter of the story.

reason for the ultimate failure of everything he’s tried up to this point is that he has yet to face his deepest fear or doubt—whatever it is that’s holding him back from transforming himself into a new person.

shortening the scenes and chapters in the final

his reactions and actions in the previous acts have led him to a point where he must face every last one of his weaknesses and mistakes. If he’s to triumph, he must allow himself to be broken by them—and then rise from his ashes with new wisdom and strength.

three-quarters mark, right as the Third Act begins. This is your character’s low point. This is where you mercilessly crush his poor, unwitting soul.

Often, the problems that are solved in this section only serve to exacerbate or bring clearer focus to the true underlying conflicts.

subplot is something generally unrelated to the thrust of the main plot. If you deleted it, the main plot itself would not change dramatically.

Use this part of the book to prep him for his final battle and foreshadow the inner demons he’ll have to face.