Mini Lesson: The Black Moment

The Black Moment

by Janice Seagraves

The black moment is near the end of your story, right before the climax. It can also be the moment you’ve been foreshadowing during the entire story.

It’s the darkest part of your story, where everything looks the worst so you reader will keep turning pages just to find out if . . . your couple will get back together. The hero or heroine will survive the encounter with the bad guy.  Luke’s Father going back to the evil Empire’s side. The Mercenaries are going to kill Tree of Souls and neither Jake nor the Na’vi can stop them.

Where it looks like all is lost.

So why do we write the black moments?

Because it make for a more compelling read and it makes the climax even more interesting because that’s when you hero or heroine saves the day.