How to deal with the crisis

[August_Bouvier]

Have you had trouble writing out the big crisis in your story?

I'm having a hard time with mine. The first chapter hasn't posted yet, so I can't go into details without giving away too much.

How do you make your crisis compelling even if the facts aren't dramatic per se? (There's no crime, no sordid past etc.)

I keep wondering: "Is this enough to set off what's to come? Will a reader buy into the way this situation was handled, even if they don't agree?"

I thought this topic was better posted here than AH.

 

[sr71plt]

Have you had trouble writing out the big crisis in your story?

I'm having a hard time with mine. The first chapter hasn't posted yet, so I can't go into details without giving away too much.

How do you make your crisis compelling even if the facts aren't dramatic per se? (There's no crime, no sordid past etc.)

I keep wondering: "Is this enough to set off what's to come? Will a reader buy into the way this situation was handled, even if they don't agree?"

I thought this topic was better posted here than AH.

I often go with personal emotional crisis, which is a natural setup for erotica.

 

[tickledkitty]

I like the crisis to come as somewhat of a shock. So if I'm setting it up, I think I'm going in the opposite direction. I'm making everything seem normal and nice so I can punch them with the crisis.

I like emotional crisis too. I agree with sr, in that it leads nicely to sex, self-discovery, all that.

 

[sr71plt]

II like emotional crisis too. I agree with sr, in that it leads nicely to sex, self-discovery, all that.

And vulnerability too, which so easily can also lead to sex.

 

[August_Bouvier]

Thanks!

The emotional and personal crisis. The unexpected delivery. I like it!

I've structured the story so the reader knows, or has a good grasp of, the secret before the characters do. So my worry is to deliver the crisis in a way that feels like a rewarding 'payoff' for the reader who's hopefully been invested for several chapters, in how it's all going to play out.

 

[sr71plt]

Thanks!

The emotional and personal crisis. The unexpected delivery. I like it!

I've structured the story so the reader knows, or has a good grasp of, the secret before the characters do. So my worry is to deliver the crisis in a way that feels like a rewarding 'payoff' for the reader who's hopefully been invested for several chapters, in how it's all going to play out.

Sounds like a good approach. Readers tend to stay engaged when they get the impression they have figured out what's going on themselves--and before the protagonist(s) does(do).