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Nanowrimo wrap up (final battle and conclusion)

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Channel: CreativIndie · 2018 · Entertainment

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The final battle is really important - it should be between:
1. The protagonist who absolutely MUST achieve their story quest
2. The antagonist, who absolutely MUST stop them or achieve their own goal.

Both need to be fully committed and motivated; both should have their identity threatened (loss = death or destruction of self). The main challenge is getting them both together in right place and be enough at odds to fight/battle.

SPECIAL TIP: from the Nutcracker movie - an "inner" battle of the main characters duking it out, while a "real" battle of thousands rages outside; everyone else is holding out but they too will be lost unless the protagonist alone defeats the antagonist and saves everyone.

NOTE: most plotting guides don't handle endings well, which is why my "plot dot formula" mixes things up a little:

1. Second battle
2. Final battle
3. LOSE battle
4. Dark night of soul
5. Remove the thorn
6. Unexpected & bittersweet victory

However in THIS book - because I was short on time anyway, I decided to end immediately after losing the final battle on a huge cliffhanger.

EDIT: Ok actually I added one more "recoup/debrief scene" with an ENORMOUS hook that was the point of this whole novel. If you want to check out the book I wrote (and am talking about in this series), it's on Amazon as "The Emerald Tablet" - however you should really go back and start with book one, "The Scarlet Thread."

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