Jim Butcher on climaxes.

[meganbmoore]

Story climaxes.

Behave yourselves.

Interesting analysis and explanation  of the climax and its function in a story here.

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[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Heh. I think he was more saying "don't kill them just to kill them and add angst" than "and make sure everyone happily skips off in a field of flowers at the end"