If your hero has reached the All Is Lost point in your story, he's ready to enter the Dark Night of the Soul. Your lucky hero gets to be stuck in this section for the next three days of Nanowrimo.
No, your hero does not need three days to brood over his misfortune and turn into a country song writer. There's more that should be happening in this section than just that.
Have fun writing and, if you're like me, catching up on your word count.
- Usually things continue to get worse for the hero throughout this section.
- Yes, the hero is probably pretty sad and he might spend some time processing his pain.
- Yes, there's probably some kind of inspiring, Yoda-style pep talk from another character to get the hero back on track.
- This is the part when the hero realizes the lessons he learned from the B story will help him ultimately triumph.
- Now it's onward to victory. Your hero prepares to set out on his last stage of the journey, the third act of your story.
Have fun writing and, if you're like me, catching up on your word count.