Though the current project started as a series of posts charting my grief journey after the death of my mother, I am no longer actively grieving. Now, the blog charts a conversation in living, mainly whatever I want it to be. This is an activity that goes well with the theme of this blog (updated 2018). The Sense of Doubt blog is dedicated to my motto: EMBRACE UNCERTAINTY. I promote questioning everything because just when I think I know something is concrete, I find out that it’s not.
Hey, Mom! The Explanation.
Here's the permanent dedicated link to my first Hey, Mom! post and the explanation of the feature it contains.
Cholesterol is something many of us hear about, but it can be easy to overlook. While it’s essential for building cells and producing hormones, having too much of the “bad” kind (LDL) can increase your risk of serious health problems.
High cholesterol is linked to one in five cardiovascular disease deaths in the UK, according to the British Heart Foundation. Despite this, more than half of UK adults are thought to have levels above recommended guidelines.
The good news is, small changes to your diet could help. One ingredient that’s been getting attention is black cumin – also known as nigella seeds or kalonji – which is a staple in Indian and Middle Eastern cooking.
A 2025 clinical trial by Osaka Metropolitan University found that people who ate around a tablespoon of black cumin seed powder daily for eight weeks saw improvements in their cholesterol levels – including lower LDL and higher “good” HDL.
"This study strongly suggests that black cumin seeds are useful as a functional food for preventing obesity and lifestyle-related diseases," Professor Kojima–Yuasa said. "It was so gratifying to see black cumin comprehensively demonstrate actual, demonstrable blood lipid-lowering effects in a human trial."
While more research is needed, the findings suggest this humble cupboard ingredient could play a role in supporting heart health, and it’s easy to add to everyday meals, from curries to roasted veg.
6 other benefits of black cumin
Blue nigella sativa flowers are where black cumin seeds come from before they’re harvested and dried.
1. Full of antioxidants
Studies have shown that black cumin is packed with antioxidants, which can help protect your body from free radical cell damage.
2. Has anti-inflammatory effects
Black cumin has also been noted for its anti-inflammatory properties, which could help to alleviate skin conditions such as psoriasis and acne. There has also been research into the effects of black cumin on the management of chronic conditions, such as asthma, and on wound healing.
3. Antibacterial qualities
Additional studies have shown that black cumin boosts significant antibacterial properties, including activity against certain bacteria. This could help boost the immune system and fight off diseases and viruses.
4. May help protect the liver
Black cumin seeds have previously been used to treat liver diseases, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver and chronic hepatitis C. While more evidence is needed to support this link, there has been no evidence to suggest that black cumin has worsened liver diseases during treatment.
Some studies suggest black cumin may help protect the stomach lining and support digestive health.
5. Could help prevent stomach ulcers
Sometimes, when stomach acid eats away at the protective layer of mucus that lines the stomach, ulcers are formed – and they can be incredibly painful. A 2023 review found trials based on animal research showed that nigella seeds could help preserve the stomach lining, and, therefore, prevent ulcers.
6. Help with blood sugar levels
There has also been some research into the link between black cumin seeds and blood sugar levels, with a clinical review finding that the spice may improve both blood sugar and insulin levels during fasting and after a meal.
How to use black cumin seeds at home
Adding black cumin to your diet doesn’t have to be complicated – a little goes a long way.
Sprinkle over roasted vegetables like carrots, cauliflower or potatoes
Stir into curries, stews or lentil dishes for extra depth of flavour
Add to flatbreads or naan dough before baking
Toss through salads or grain bowls for a peppery crunch
Lightly toast and sprinkle over soups or dips
Mix into yoghurt or drizzle over hummus
Add a pinch to smoothies or porridge for a subtle boost
- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2605.29 - 10:10
- Days ago: MOM = 3984 days ago & DAD = 638 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
A Sense of Doubt blog post #4119 - Letter to Dad #37 and the Black Hole Paradox
Hey Big Guy, I am breaking my trend of posting old pictures for this week at least.
First week of the last quarter of my academic study, so I fell a little behind on the blog.
Though school officially started Monday, I was unmotivated to start my homework, even though it was all due Wednesday. I needed another partial day of reading comics, and it was a holiday, so that's what I did.
I easily finished my homework and have been doing all the other things I need to do.
I have some homework to do today, which is tomorrow, Friday in reality, as I publish this back one day. Remember, I mentioned being behind.
So today, I am sharing with you an article I know you would have liked.
Check out this last sentence: "it may point to new physics beyond the standard cosmological model.”
NEW PHYSICS???
I like the sound of that.
More next week, Dad.
Love,
christopher
Scientists Just
Confirmed One of the Greatest Mysteries of Our Universe. Now What?
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:
Scientists rely on two methods to measure the expansion of the universe: extrapolating from Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation, and making direct astronomical measurements.
The mismatch between the results of these two methods has created what’s known as the Hubble tension, which suggests that there’s a missing piece in the standard model of cosmology.
An international collaboration has created the most accurate astronomical observation of the Hubble constant to date, once again confirming that the tension is more than observational error.
Humanity’s understanding of the universe gradually came into focus over the course of millennia. But things really became clear in the 1920s when American astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered the first galaxy beyond our own, and with it, the fact that our universe was actually expanding (as evidenced by studying the “redshift” of distant galaxies). It wasn’t until the late 1990s that by studying Type Ia Supernovae—which serve as a type of “standard candle,” thanks to their consistent peak luminosity—scientists discovered the universe wasn’t just expanding, but accelerating.
However, nailing down the universe’s exact expansion rate (known as the Hubble constant, or H₀) hasn’t been easy. Today scientists rely on two methods. The first is late-universe observation (or observation of the universe as we see it today), which builds a “cosmic distance ladder” to measure large distances by connecting smaller ones and using consistent celestial objects or events to calibrate those measurements. The second is early-universe observation (or observation of the universe as it looked shortly after the Big Bang), which uses the standard model to deduce expansion rates from the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Unfortunately, these two methods yield different expansion rates: late-universe observations produce a Hubble constant of about 73 kilometers per second per megaparsec (km/s/Mpc), while early-universe observations produce a value of about 67 km/s/Mpc. This difference is known as the Hubble Tension, and it’s a fundamental mismatch between what we expect (from calculations made using the standard model) versus what we see.
Now, an international scientific collaboration has conducted precision astronomy to produce the most accurate measurement of the expansion rate yet. The team, led by the H0 Distance Network (H0DN) Collaboration, published a paper in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics arguing that the universe is indeed expanding at 73.50 ± 0.81 km/s/Mpc—a measurement completed with a margin of error of less than 1 percent. The team relied on data from a global network of observatories, including the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile and NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. Instead of relying on just supernovae to make their measurements, scientists created a “distance network” using several overlapping methods to ensure accuracy, including Cepheid variable stars (also used by Hubble back in the day), red giant stars, and certain luminous galaxies. By using multiple methods, scientists were able to determine that when they removed one individual technique from the analysis, the results remained almost unchanged and consistent with one another. This further suggests that the Hubble tension is far from a measurement fluke.
“The power of this work is that it doesn’t depend on any single method,” coauthor Adam Riess, from Johns Hopkins University, told NASA. “When multiple, independent measurements all point to the same answer, it strengthens the case that we’re seeing a real feature of the universe, not a flaw in one technique. Right now, those measurements suggest the universe today is expanding faster than we would expect based on how it looked shortly after the Big Bang.”
The H0DN collaboration also made their data publicly available, so future studies can improve upon this precise measurement. This will be especially important as data streams in from new space-based observatories like the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope—an infrared observatory launching in 2027 that will investigate not only cosmic distance, but dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets.
Of course, this new result doesn’t resolve the decades-long Hubble tension. But it does reinforce the idea that the tension is very real, and that there must be something we’re missing in our current understanding of the universe. That’s because early-universe predictions don’t account fully for dark energy, new particles, or modifications to gravity, according to NSF’s NOIRLab (a member of the H0DN collaboration). As a result, extrapolation from the CMB to our modern universe would be impacted by those unknown omissions.
“This work effectively rules out explanations of the Hubble tension that rely on a single overlooked error in local distance measurements,” the authors wrote. “If the tension is real, as the growing body of evidence suggests, it may point to new physics beyond the standard cosmological model.”
- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2605.28 - 10:10
- Days ago: MOM = 3983 days ago & DAD = 637 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
When your hero faces down the villain, the two can’t just smash their swords together until the hero shows they are the better fencer. That would feel strangely meaningless, creating an unsatisfying end to their conflict. It would be equally unsatisfying if the villain randomly slipped on a banana peel and died.
When we finish a conflict and thereby resolve tension, readers expect this to happen in a certain way. Foremost, the hero must earn their victory. To do this, we use something called a turning point. A turning point that leads to success has two important components:
The hero does something readers consider worthy, earning the hero good karma. Such karmic deeds generally demonstrate at least one of three virtues: perseverance, selflessness, and cleverness.
When it’s time to resolve the conflict, readers witness how that karmic deed is the deciding factor. Because of the deed, the hero wins.
Turning points are pretty complex, but they become much easier with a little familiarity. Our favorite stories are full of turning points, and many of them can be repurposed to serve our own stories.
To help you find the right turning point for your conflict, let’s look at fifteen ways to grant your hero a satisfying success, organized by the virtue being employed. If you want a character to fail instead, you can see a list of downward turning points for heroes or villains.
Perseverance
Indiana Jones gathers his courage for a leap of faith.
Turning points that use perseverance are popular because they are so easy and flexible to employ. All you need is a compelling hardship or deterrent for your hero to withstand. The downside is that perseverance turning points are more likely to be cliche or poorly executed.
But don’t let that deter you. A little extra thought goes a long way, and these turning points easily work in concert with character arcs.
1. Leap of Faith
In a leap of faith turning point, the hero has to trust in something or someone, at great risk. In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana walks straight off a cliff, trusting that something will catch his fall. In Star Wars: A New Hope, Luke turns off his targeting computer before taking his last shot at the Death Star. He trusts the Force to guide his shot instead.
The trust involved doesn’t have to be spiritual; it can be very practical. Let’s say Team One is supposed to lower a shock field so Team Two can enter the villain’s hideout without dying. The teams lose communication, so Team Two can’t confirm whether the shock field has been lowered. But time is running out, so they decide to trust that Team One has completed their task. That’s a leap of faith.
These turning points work because the hero must show courage in the face of danger. If George Lucas had not specified that Luke was turning off his targeting computer, there would be no risk to trusting in the Force, and the turning point wouldn’t have worked. Even so, the Indiana Jones turning point is stronger, because the risk was more visceral.
2. Refusal of Temptation
In a refusal of temptation turning point, the hero must turn down something they really want. To make this compelling, establish ahead what the hero desires. A hero driven only to help others probably won’t be tempted by a pile of gold, making for a weak turning point. But if you establish this character has always dreamed of riches, it should work.
Consider pairing your refusal of temptation with a character arc. When we establish a character arc, we’re usually showing what is uniquely difficult for a character. Perhaps the character is desperate for the approval of their mother, and they have to give it up. For the turning point, make their mother finally offer her approval if the hero will just give up their quest. Pull out all the stops to make this temptation look as compelling as possible.
In speculative fiction, a surprising number of temptation arcs involve visions where the hero receives their deepest desire. In the first season of the Wheel of Time TV show, Rand gets a vision of starting a family with Egwene. But while that’s what he desires, he knows it isn’t what Egwene wants. So Rand rejects the vision, allowing him to defeat the villain.
3. Sacrifice
A sacrifice turning point is somewhat similar to refusing temptation. But instead of turning down something desirable that they want, the hero has to give up something they already have. In some stories, the hero must give up their life. In others, such as Thor: Ragnarok, the hero compromises their goals. Thor initially tries defending his home but has to give it up and simply evacuate his people.
Because the focus is on loss, it’s easier to make a sacrifice compelling. But the sacrifice still has to make a meaningful difference. For instance, to win a smaller conflict, the hero might simply sacrifice an important tool or weapon. But then you can’t just give the hero a cool new weapon afterward, as that will render the sacrifice meaningless. Show how the hero struggles to adapt.
This is probably the most overused turning point, simply because it’s so easy to fit into fight scenes – especially in visual media. It starts when the antagonist gets the better of the hero. The hero is then gravely injured or subjected to some kind of torture. In some cases, it’s a psychological attack that makes the hero lose faith in themself or believe their cause is hopeless. These psychological attacks work best when paired with a character arc.
Generally, you want the situation to look very serious, and often like the hero is down for the count. But then the hero gathers their inner strength — pushing themself back onto their feet or perhaps just crawling to the right button. A hero who endures a psychological attack might cower in the corner before they rejoin the conflict.
An unfortunate trend is heroes who use their willpower to ignore extremely deadly injuries. It was fine the first few times a film hero had to fight past stab wounds, but when Marvel started showing every hero getting stabbed through the midsection and then continuing the fight, it was too much. If you don’t treat injuries like they matter, pushing past them won’t matter either. The hero who struggles to crawl to a button actually has a stronger turning point for this reason.
5. Prior Achievement: Inglorious Legwork
The four turning points above assume that the karmic deed happens at the climax and causes the victory immediately. But the deed can actually happen earlier and have a delayed effect. This is what we call a prior achievement turning point.
To create one, you have to ensure that 1) the hero earns no reward of any kind for the deed before the conflict in question and 2) it doesn’t look like their deed will hand them a victory in the future. This generally narrows what options are available.
For perseverance, a prior achievement typically looks like the hero working very hard for something of questionable value. A famous example appears in the classic movie The Karate Kid. The hero wants to learn karate from a master, but this master just makes him paint fences for days. But by doing that, the hero actually learns important moves that serve him well later.
Generally, it’s helpful if everyone around the hero tells them not to bother, but the hero sticks with their tedious work because they believe in it. However, you can also reverse it, so the hero has to be convinced to focus on the basics, and they persist even though they doubt it means anything.
Selflessness
To lift a curse, either Arthur or Merlin must drink poison.
Turning points with selflessness are fairly simple and straightforward. But they do require a little advance planning, and they can end up looking pretty similar to each other. They also have the most obvious moral. Many storytellers like that, but a few don’t.
6. Self-Sacrifice
Oh, look, it’s another sacrifice turning point. But in this case, the sacrifice isn’t a way to show how committed the hero is to winning. In fact, it could be the opposite: the hero might believe they are sacrificing their chance at victory. This is particularly common during dangerous competitions. The hero may give up the lead to help a fallen competitor.
What matters is that the hero helps others at personal cost. Just like with the previous sacrifice turning point, readers need to understand the cost undertaken. If the hero gives away money, what did they need that money for? You want their choice to come across as a remarkable gesture, without being so excessive that it seems silly.
With any selflessness turning point, translate the karmic deed into victory by making another character respond well to the hero’s kindness. In the above example of a competition, maybe the judges are so moved that they give the gold medal to the hero anyway. Or maybe the hero loses the competition, but an admirer gives the hero something they need more than the prize.
7. Gesture of Goodwill
While self-sacrifice is one way to make selflessness more impressive, another is to choose a very unlikely recipient for the hero’s kindness. If the hero has an enemy or powerful opponent, particularly one who’s done damage, no one will expect the hero to do this enemy any favors.
The hero can then surprise the enemy by showing compassion, whether it’s bandaging their wounds or just giving them time to bury their dead. In The Lego Movie and Free Guy, the heroes give the villain a powerful item. In Steven Universe, Steven uses his powers to heal a villain who is destroying the sea out of desperation.
Whatever their gesture of goodwill is, the hero must do it without expecting anything in return. Then their goodness should inspire the enemy to show compassion back. Maybe instead of the villain meeting their goals in a harmful way, they decide to work with the hero. This gives the hero a big success.
8. Granting Mercy
In this case, the antagonist is already under the hero’s power. Maybe they’ve been caught stealing the hero’s horses or they tried to assassinate the hero. Whatever the guilty has done, it should be something that impacts the hero more than anyone else. Then the hero can look selfless by granting this person mercy. The lucky recipient might then repay the hero by offering valuable information.
In The Lord of the Rings, for instance, Frodo spends a great deal of time showing compassion to Gollum. Frodo knows Gollum wants the ring and is capable of mischief, but Frodo also sympathizes with Gollum because of their shared experience with bearing the ring. Ultimately, Gollum saves Frodo and destroys the ring, but not because he actually wants to return the favor. The implication in the book is that some higher, benevolent power may be rewarding Frodo’s goodness.
To give the hero good karma, granting mercy needs to be balanced with prudence. If the hero frees someone who will just turn around and do more harm, that’s too careless for good karma. It works better if the guilty party is sympathetically desperate or has no real chance of succeeding.
9. Test of Virtue
If you want to switch things up, you might try a deliberate test of the hero’s goodness. This can actually be used with perseverance and cleverness, too, but since selflessness has the clearest moral implications, it’s the most likely candidate. This kind of test can be administered by a potential mentor, a guardian of a place or artifact, or a powerful person who has some interest in testing virtue.
A classic is the powerful sorceress who pretends to be an ugly beggar, just to see how others treat her. Then she uses her powers to punish or reward them. Labyrinths are also typically full of ancient tests. In BBC’s Merlin, Arthur and Merlin enter a labyrinth where they are given a goblet of poison one of them must drink. Arthur chooses to drink the poison, proving his selflessness and lifting a curse on the kingdom.
Everyone who wants to join Fight Club shows up at the protagonist’s front door, where he tells these hopefuls to get lost. But if they camp out on the front steps anyway, he eventually lets them in.
10. Prior Achievement: Surprise Reinforcements
For selflessness, a prior achievement can actually be easier to employ than a karmic deed during a tense conflict, and it provides a nice surprise, too.
Find a place earlier in the story where your hero can aid one or more people who are either powerless or antagonistic. After the aid is rendered, let those people exit the story for a while. Then during the conflict, they can offer unexpected help to repay the hero for their good deed.
Generally, this looks like either surprise reinforcements or a minion switching sides at a critical moment. It creates a powerful, feel-good twist.
Cleverness
In Free Guy, Guy must be clever to defend himself against Dude, who has been designed specifically to defeat Guy.
These turning points generally require the most thought and planning. That’s because to pull them off, readers must be able to follow your hero’s logic. If your hero says a bunch of technical jargon as they invent some device on the spot, that won’t be satisfying. But provided you do your homework, these turning points are very flexible and create fun reveals.
11. Observing a Weakness
This turning point is probably the easiest way to employ cleverness, because it doesn’t take much advanced planning. When your hero encounters a big monster or another enemy, they should observe it closely. Based on their observations, they realize this antagonist has a crucial weakness. Then the hero takes advantage of this weakness to win the conflict.
Like all of the easiest turning points, this one has also become a bit overused. I recommend against using the eyes as a vulnerable area or poor eyesight as a weakness; it’s been done too often. In fights between humans, noticing the antagonist is favoring one side and has a previous injury there has been done a lot already.
But that leaves plenty of more creative weaknesses you can use. Perhaps the hero realizes the monster is being magically controlled by a nearby wizard. Or perhaps an enemy strikes wildly and then spends a little time not moving as much, and the hero realizes this opponent is easily winded. You can also use this turning point in social conflicts. An antagonist that’s easily angered might say something they shouldn’t. Or the hero could find the hole in the antagonist’s story.
12. Unlocking Powers
Many speculative fiction readers love empowerment, and for those readers, few things are more fun than a mid-conflict power-up. Since we can make magic work however we want, it’s possible to unlock a magic power with any of the three virtues. However, having characters unlock magic with perseverance is extremely overused and often poorly implemented. Using love isn’t far behind.
So instead, I recommend making your hero figure out how to use a new tool or ability. Plus, then it works more easily with mysterious technology. But you will need to do setup. The hero should have previously tried to use this power and failed. Decide what significant piece of information they’re missing. Maybe they don’t know how to power the device or control what their lightning blast targets.
The last step is to deliver a final clue during the conflict. Perhaps the device flickers on briefly, making the hero aware that the monster’s radiation could be a power source. Or perhaps the hero is simply reminded of the right thing. If they contemplate their death and wonder what their mother would say, they might recall relevant advice their mother gave them.
13. Uncovering a Deception
This one is fun because it includes a dramatic reveal. Design an antagonist that is in disguise or lying about something big. It can be a shapeshifter pretending to be a friend (always popular), an assassin who killed and replaced an ambassador, or an ally who’s been selling secrets because they were blackmailed.
The hero will need to compare how the antagonist is acting with how they are supposed to act. So before the conflict, establish what’s normal. Introduce the friend, discuss the ambassador who’s soon to visit, or mention the temperament of the ally.
Then give a hint of foreshadowing while still keeping the reveal well concealed. Mention the enemy has shapeshifters, the ambassador was delayed briefly during their travels, or the ally has seemed under stress lately. Finally, you’re ready to deliver one or two simple clues during the conflict that the hero can use for their big realization.
14. A Creative Tactic
Sometimes a tactic is creative and clever enough to work as a turning point. Above, I mentioned Free Guy, in which the hero puts his super powerful glasses on the enemy he’s fighting. While the glasses give the hero lots of powers he can use in the fight, it ultimately isn’t enough to defeat a much stronger opponent. Putting the glasses on this opponent distracts them and also gives them free will, so they don’t have to fight anymore.
You can set up a creative tactic by establishing some weird or dangerous effect earlier in the story. The car inexplicably stalls whenever the radio is turned on. Every time someone lifts a steak in the air, a nearby buzzard swoops down to grab it. The tile floor is incredibly slippery when wet. Then during the conflict, the hero thinks of a way to use this against the antagonist. Maybe right when the carjacker is making a sharp turn, the hero turns the radio on.
Another option is to have the hero switch to something that’s less direct or obvious. Maybe instead of fighting a monster, the hero plays dead,* and the monster loses interest. In a social conflict, you could use reverse psychology or bizarre behavior that throws the antagonist off their game.
15. Prior Achievement: The Hidden Plan
Unfortunately, clever deeds are the hardest to do ahead of time. If the hero figures out the villain’s big weakness a month before the fight, not only does that seem to be its own reward, but the hero’s victory will be too assured.
The closest thing we have to a prior achievement for cleverness is what we call the hidden plan turning point. In this scenario, the hero comes up with a brilliant strategy for defeating the villain. However, the existence of this strategy is hidden from readers. Instead, the hero acts as if they’re in over their head. Then at the climactic moment, we reveal the hero has had this in hand all along.
This isn’t too hard to pull off in visual media, but if you’re narrating in the hero’s viewpoint, it can be very awkward and difficult. Generally, you want to minimize the amount of time you have to hide things from readers, so the clever plan is still pretty recent. When done well, readers don’t notice you’re concealing anything.
Even then, these turning points offer less tension and more candy for the hero. Usually that’s not a good trade-off, but it can still work well when candy is called for. I just recommend doing something else for the story’s climax.
Not every turning point needs to be impressive. Your story’s climax needs to be the most impressive because it’s the turning point for the whole story, but most conflicts aren’t so pivotal. If your hero gets in a small argument, they can just say something nice or ask the right question.
- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2605.27 - 10:10
- Days ago: MOM = 3982 days ago & DAD = 636 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
