What it all comes to

Designing Survival

I am firmly in the climax for the book I'm writing. This story has been a really fun one for me to write and so knowing that the initial drafting is coming to an end is a little bitter sweet. I'm sure that a lot of you writers and readers know what that's like. 

The climax of this story feels correct. A lot of times, when I'm writing, the climax is what I struggle with the most. I want the efforts, the hopes, the struggles of my characters to all mean something in the end and the climax is where they'll have a place to shine. Last year, I read a book called The Seventh Decimate by Stephen R. Donaldson and truly appreciated the way that book came to a climax. I enjoyed it because in a way the climax was expected towards the last fourth of the book. The reader was given a good idea of what was going to happen but the suspense came from how the main character would react. In a book that was so full of great battles, bloody ends, and rampant death the climax was a genuinely nice surprise. After reading that book, I have strove harder to plan out my climaxes and make them focused on the main characters. 

Being a huge fan of epic fantasy, I do love a big battle or fight for the climax but lately, I've started to enjoy and find a ton of merit in stories where the climax is more psychological than physical. Different kinds of climaxes are right for different books but I do enjoy the introspection and often epiphanic episodes of characters who are firmly in the belly of Hell. 

All of this is to say, the climax I've been working on is a little bit of both and I'm working on balancing them and deciding if this is the best way to show how my characters have grown and changed for this story. It's fun to think about and I do enjoy being able to show multiple characters and how they've grown. 

Heart of Ice

For Heart of Ice news, I'm currently querying it out. I've never had a Twitter but heard that's a great way to learn more about Literary Agents and the kinds of books they're looking for. I started an account a few weeks ago and as a millennial, I frankly feel ashamed feeling so lost. My husband, who also has never had a Twitter, had to explain to me the difference between #s and @ signs. Oh well, it has been fun so feel free to look me up and if you have any suggestions of cool writing groups to follow let me know. https://twitter.com/VictoriaMcArt13

Thank you for reading my blog. So... how do you all navigate and use Twitter? Asking for a friend. Do you plan the climax of a book before the book is written? What's your favorite kind of climaxes to write and read about? 

Keep dreaming and daydreaming of all the beautiful worlds in your mind.