"tensest" - 1 õppematerjal

Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey

dinosaur's tail). T h e Ordeal is usually the central event of the story, or the main event of the second act. Let's call it the crisis to differentiate it from the climax (the big moment of Act Three and the crowning event of the whole story). 156  T H E ORDEAL A crisis is defined by Webster's as "the point in a story or drama at which hostile forces are in the tensest state of opposition." W e also speak of a crisis in an illness: a point, perhaps a high spike of fever, after which the patient either gets worse or begins to recover. T h e message: Sometimes things have to get worse before they can get better. An Ordeal crisis, however frightening to the hero, is sometimes the only way to recovery or victory. PLACEMENT OF THE O R D E A L T h e placement of the crisis or Ordeal depends on the needs of the story and the tastes of the storyteller