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Monday, October the eighth- Plot: Climax

Oct. 08: - 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?

There is no need to do a “What If” list for this challenge. That’s because I already know how this novel is going to end. Yet it’s not a typical ending. It ends with a sort of cliffhanger. It’s not really a cliffhanger. It is an ending that’s a lead-in to the next novel in this series. Does that make sense? If it doesn’t, I’m not surprised. It’s a little confusing to me too. My three Outlines might help you to understand it better, but the only real way is to do it is to read my novel.