Welcome to the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast. I'm K M. Wyland and I am here to take you

deep with story theory, writing techniques, and the incredible wisdom of story.

I believe story is the greatest power on this earth,

and that as writers, we carry the torch of wielding that power

with responsibility, passion, and skill.

There is no such thing as just a story.

Today, it is my honor and my purpose

to help you write your best story,

astound the world, and maybe change your life.

Hello and welcome.

You are listening to The Secrets of Story Structure Part 11, The Climax.

The Climax is the Piest de resistance of your gourmet meal of a novel.

When you wheel out the climax and lift the serving dishes

gleaming silver lid, this is the bit that gets all the ooze and aos. The

climax should have readers on the edge of their seats.

They should be breathless, tense, and curious to bursting.

They should have a general idea of what's coming,

but also suffer the exquisite torture of a little doubt.

What's going to happen?

Well the characters survive.

Well they save the world, their families, the battle, their lives, in time.

Starting with the third plot point, the action will rise to a fever pitch.

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