#65: First Chapter Analysis: Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix with Abigail Perry
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How to Write a Climax Scene
The climax is the first expecto patronum. We need more than one paragraph in this climax. When you get an action scene as the sentences will be shorter. There's a trick. I forget where I read it now years ago, but I use it all of the time on that. The pace is quick. And there's this beautiful description of his stag coming down and kicking it with its antlers - just visually wonderful. But yeah, most that's what I said. Like Lumos works as a convocation leading to the climax. It was an interesting way to raise the stakes before the big action.
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