Jenny Crusie had a great post this week about black swans--moments when the hero's understanding of the operation of the universe is turned on its head. Kind of like Buffy when found out about vampires, or Neo swallowed the little red pill Morpheus offered him.
I have two quasi-black swan moments in my book: (i) when Gray discovers Ophelia's secret life; and (ii) when Ophelia realizes the Order is not what it seemed.
There was a lot of discussion on Jenny's post about how you layer the turning points so that they continue to build after the original black swan. So I think the WIP is OK on this front, but this seemed like such a great observation.
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