How to Find Your Novel's Climax (Hint: It's Already in Your Setup)

If you're somewhere in your novel and the climax feels like a fog you're driving into, this one's for you.

In today's LitSet Lab craft video, I'm making the case that your climax is almost certainly already in your manuscript—you wrote it in, you just haven't recognized it yet.

Whether you're racing toward the end of a draft or you're earlier in the process and want to write toward something instead of away from confusion, there are three specific places to look. (And if this is the work you want to do with structure and accountability around it, my six-week class Sprint to the Climax starts May 13th — details at the end.)

Happy writing! (Because Spring is such a happy writing season, isn’t it? Look at those buds outside your window! Listen to those birdies! Get your fingers typing! Use more exclamation marks!)