What Makes a Great Act II Climax? Dark Night into Dawn I Screenwriting Tricks For Authors
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These two key story structure elements, the Dark Night and the Dawn, are very, very often the CLIMAX of Act II: Part 2 (the third quarter of your book or script).They almost always come next to each other, one right after—or soon after—the other. There might be a climactic action sequence before or after, but these elements will be the true turning point of the Act. And it goes like this:
After the Hero/ine’s blackest, bleakest moment, there is a moment of insight so profound that the Hero/ine will be able to make a new PLAN and go into the FINAL BATTLE of Act III, recharged and re-energized.
Let’s get into how that works!
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