NaNoWriMo Prep Project

2021 - Plot Climax (Where is the story going?)

Oct. 05: - Plot: Climax (Where is the story going?) ▼

Where is your story going? Describe the climax, the point at which everything changes and the tension of the primary conflict is finally resolved. Use the ""What If"" brainstorming exercise to create a list of possibilities, remembering to consider the growth of / change in your main character(s) as a result of this event. The climax can be as hidden and seemingly tiny as that moment when your character finally makes that decision they've been dreading or avoiding for fifteen chapters, or it can be as huge and obvious as an exploding planet. Sometimes, the climax is a little hard to pin down. Was it the moment Ender won his game? Or was it the moment he realized the moving images on his screen were not a simulation, not the game he thought it was, and that he had just personally wiped out an entire alien race?

The character journey is her relationship with Trace and how they can get together... there are other forces that keep them apart - his mother and her fears and his grandfather who wants Trace to take over the business but getting involved with Zayda is not something that would sit well with the business community. She comes from a family of Witches.
Making sure to bring up the story of the accident and the part Zayda's family did and didn't play in it is important - it also establishes character and develops relationships. I can build on the short story I created...
The climax the Dark night of the soul - I am thinking Zayda is cast out - his family make a last ditch attempt to get rid of her - by telling her he is to marry a rich debutante that they have picked for him... (but she does not realize that he really has no interest in this girl or his grandfather's manipulations to get him better connected)
Or is it that Trace falls ill or is hurt in some way that only she is able to save him - with her knowledge of botanicals and life sciences.