5/29/2023 0 Comments Strike by Delilah S. Dawson![]() Francis Dolarhyde seeks to transform into the Red Dragon and gets a full-body tattoo-and kills several people-as part of his process. In some stories, a character’s transformation is overt and visible. For me, a big part of determining my story’s climax and ending is figuring out how the character will change from the beginning of the book to the final page. ![]() Even if you’re a pantser and have lots of scenes, details, and characters to discover along the way, most writers have a better chance of reaching the finish line if they know where to aim. Once you’ve nailed down this foundation and you’ve begun to get a feel for the book overall, it can help to decide how the story will end. Whichever one comes first, your job is to create a perfectly balanced triangle in which your story could only happen to this particular character in a setting that uniquely challenges them. When you alight on a story idea, it’s generally either in the form of a character, a setting, or a hook. ![]()
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