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Climax and Your Protagonist - Writing on Point

Analyzing Your Story: Climax and Your Protagonist

JR Wesley | July 16, 2016

Starting with the basics: what is a story climax? Every climax is specific to its own story. Universally, it’s the height of tension in the plot – the

Writing

Story Elements: Fear of Change and the First Half of Your Story

JR Wesley | April 6, 2016

At the beginning of a story, the protagonist enters from a place of normal – the world as they know it. There’s a level of familiarity to all of

Writing

Raising the Stakes: Batman v Superman and What Not To Do

JR Wesley | March 30, 2016

I hadn’t planned on seeing the new Batman v Superman movie in the theaters, but we had a free night and were plain old curious about the bad

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Analyzing Your Story: Turning Point

JR Wesley | February 15, 2016

Turning points are critical to the tension and plot development of any story. They should be related to the overarching Story Goal / Outer Conflict – the big thing that