Wright's Writing Corner: The Most Important Technque — Part Two

The lovely and talented Mrs. Wright continues to explain the inmost mystery of the craft of writing, particularly how to achieve that paramount element she calls “the payload moment” — the punchline moment when the scene,  or plot, or character, sudden receives an additional depth or larger meaning, or is in any way taken up another notch with a blast from the spice weasel, BAM!

(Payload moments) can be small things, a sudden reevaluation of a character, where we see her motivations in a new...