The Crisisof a story hits about 3/4 of the way through the page or scene count and marks the highest intensity scenein the entire beginning and middle of the story. On the plot planner, this highest point signifies the dramatic action plotthough keep in mind it is the lowest point in the story for the character emotional development plot.
The crisiscan be thought of as the climaxfor the antagonist.
I’ve got two new videos on the youtube Plot Series: How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay. One talks about the scenes building up to the CRISISand the next one discusses the CRISIS SCENE itself.
I am under a deadline for a new book that I have been patiently waiting to reveal while the negotiations for the contract are finalized. I am thrilled to be asked to write my passion and excited for the chance to tell you about it and am having a ball writing it but find that with that and everyone and their mother requesting plot consultations lately (which I feel honored about in that so many writers are willing to trust me to help them with their work), it is difficult to fit in everything daily. Therefore, I rely on the youtube series to lend you support in the interim until I again have time to write out an entire post.
Hope you will bear with me during this exciting time. This too shall pass and I will be back to writing posts, but until then, I hope you’ll follow the seriesfor support. I plan to include an index and brief description of each step here in the near future. We will see when that happens. Soon, very soon…
Great good luck with your writing goals for the year!
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This is great advice! I'm not to the climax of my novel yet, but when I get there I will for sure be keeping this advice in mind. If you can't get the climax right, I think it will leave your readers way too underwhelmed.
Sarah Allen
(my creative writing blog)
Just wanted you to know how much I've enjoyed the plotting videos. I featured you on my blog today: http://bit.ly/gXrEKt
Thanks so much!
~Debbie
Hope you're not confusing the crisis and climax, Sarah Allen?
Thank you for your kind words, Debbie Maxwell! I just sent you a twitter message thanking you, too.
On wings of angels…
I really loved reading your blog. It was very well authored and easy to understand. I also found your posts very interesting. In fact after reading, I had to go show it to my friend and he enjoyed it as well!