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The 5 Commandments of Storytelling

Story Grid Writing Podcast

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Commandment Number 4: The Climax

"There has to be a climax where there is an active answer to the question raised by the crisis," he says. "And then that leads us to commandment number four, which is, ah, the climax." The writer was talking about his re-write of 'The Boat captain's Wife', in which characters are arguing over whether or not to go back on their boat.

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