The Biggest Mistake Made When Writing a Crucial Chapter

Currently I am reading Spell or High Water, book 2 in Scott Meyer’s “Magic 2.0” series.  The novel series is a best seller, and not only that is a fantastic trilogy of novels that I highly recommend.  However, I reached a point in the novel that was a crucial chapter, a chapter where a lot of

The Story Technique That Kills a Climax

K.M. Weiland has a great how-to video about the one thing that ruins the climax of a novel. Have you ever neared the climax of your novel and then blown it because you spent a few pages expounding on something that doesn’t really drive us toward that climax? It is best to let her explain.