

In this final episode of the 3 act story structure, we unpack the most dramatic moment of your story: the climax. In today’s video, I’m sharing this tried-and-true, fully customizable formula for an engaging and memorable climax. And, believe it or not, there is an exact formula for this. I wanted to figure out how to make my contemporary novels just as nerve-wracking as thrillers. This is one of the many questions that spurred my exploration of story structure. If adrenaline were the cause, and not the effect of the reader’s interest, everyone would be writing about car chases and exploding spaceships! But if that’s the secret ingredient to a dramatic climax, how do you explain all those character-driven, “everyday life” stories that had you on the edge of your seat with anticipation? They believe high-peril action sequences are they only way to get readers on the edge of their seat. What’s the secret ingredient to an epic climax? This is a question that many writers ask themselves. What if I told you that contemporaries can be just as thrilling as sci-fi adventures? Today we’re going to unpack the “Climactic Confrontation” and look at what really hooks the reader’s brain on your story.⠀

But most writers have totally misunderstood the climax. Save your lunch/bondage gear/Butt Magazine money and buy this.All writers need to know how to write a dramatic climax. Very stoked to see this go from conception to birth announcement! Spring 2013. All in all, this is a dream team that’s been assembled. Chip Kidd brings his clout, his design sensibility, quality control, and his passion for the hidden comic genre. Anne couldn’t be a better translator/producer of this project. The proof is in his film projects, and in his Future Shipwreck pudding. Graham has been passionate about Tagame’s work for several years now, and has always had an eye for the quirky but sincere. Graphically and thematically, it’s a big leap for them. I love, on so many levels, that this project has been undertaken, and it will be interesting to see how PictureBox, a pretty hetero outfit on the whole, moves forward with it.

Tagame’s work is known now in the US in small circles to express a masculinity and sexuality that is rarely represented. Vastly different in content, context and audience than yaoi (boys loving on boys) manga, this collection could significantly impact the current generation of American comics creators exploring subversive and erotic themes. The word is finally out that PictureBox will be publishing the result of a collaboration between three GR friends, Anne Ishii, Graham Kolbeins and Chip Kidd all to honor and share the work (almost all of it never-before-translated into English) of Gengoroh Tagame.
