It’s the darkness before the dawn. It’s the moment before the big breakthrough realization. It’s the last moment before the real change occurs. That’s why most revelations in stories happen in this beat, during what I call the Dark Night epiphany. The final clue falls into place, the hero sees something in a new light, the truth they’ve failed to see all this time suddenly becomes clear. Lots of mysteries (in both mysteries and other types of novels) get solved right here in the Dark Night of the Soul.
