Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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Nailing Your Act II Climax

Nailing Your Act II Climax

The Dark Night and The Dawn, Part 2

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Alexandra Sokoloff
Aug 06, 2023
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Screenwriting Tricks for Authors
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Nailing Your Act II Climax
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No matter what genre you’re writing in or looking at, the climax of the second act of a book or script is almost always a double-punch of the ALL IS LOST scene and the REVELATION that comes out of that moment of despair.

It works like a charm - because it’s such a boost of energy to go from losing everything— to gaining that key piece of knowledge that w…

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