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The turning point of a story is when it goes in a different direction, one which will resolve it. This can be different things to different types of stories. In a tragedy, it's the point when things start to go bad for the main characters. In a rags-to-riches story it's the point when it seems that the hero is done for, but then he or she gets a big break. In a sports story it's the point when you think the Home Team is going to lose, and then they manage to win the Big Game. In a quest story, it's the point when you think the quest is going to fail, but then something happens which allows it to succeed. In a detective story it is when all pertinent fact have been established and the 'mystery' can be solved from that point. In a love story it is when all obstacles to love have been over-come and there remains nothing to further impede consummation - the impediments however are the whole rasion-d'ete (reason for being) for the story so this usually happens near the very end.

Other words for the turning point are fulcrum, climax, epiphany and resolve.

However, another term is "anticlimax", which means the turning point in a story that is always a letdown. It is the point at which you learn that the story will not turn out the way you had expected.

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