The Climactic Moment

The climactic moment is the definitive end of the plot conflict, if not yet necessarily the story itself. In many ways, the appropriateness of your climactic moment will determine whether or not the entire story works. The inciting event in the beginning can be seen to ask a question. Well, the protagonist triumphs in the external conflict. The climactic moment then is the definitive answer to that question - yes or no. If instead, the climactic moment focuses on a suspense sub plot in which it provides the answer, the bad guy is defeated.