Does the plot build from... inciting incident to an inevitable climax?
http://annerallen.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-biggest-problem-facing-beginning.html
If you're having trouble answering this question, try separating your various story arcs/problems (external, internal, etc) and thinking as abstractedly as possible. Different arcs may have different inciting incidents (but as many as possible should share a climax).
e.g. Inciting Incident: Boy learns his parents were murdered -> Climax: Boy comes face-to-face with the murderer is only a tiny part of the Harry Potter story and certainly not the main story arc, but the additional arc (and its dictated requirement) gives the climax additional emotional power.
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