Fashion Is the Answer

Old: Counting down
Bold: Statues with jewels for teeth

Innovation Station

Number your chapters backwards so the story counts down to the conclusion. This might not work very well if the last chapter is a summing up, what happened after kind of thing, though there's always Chapter 0 for those instances.

Addendum

Whether a cool guy counting down as a threat, the countdown to the end of the world, or an imminent celebration, nothing adds emphasis like something getting counted down. Try it today! In ten . . . nine . . . eight . . .

Like the Seasons, the Trends Are Ever Changing

Trash: Main character has a butler
Smash: Counting down