Comments on: Building Suspense: Meet Your Readers in the Middle and They Will Come https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/building-suspense-meet-your-readers-in-the-middle-and-they-will-come/ A Blog On Writing Sun, 12 Jan 2025 22:59:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: elizabethvaradan https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/building-suspense-meet-your-readers-in-the-middle-and-they-will-come/#comment-138327 Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:50:25 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34592#comment-138327 This was a great post! So many points to keep in mind. Thanks!

]]> By: donnagalanti https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/building-suspense-meet-your-readers-in-the-middle-and-they-will-come/#comment-137129 Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:31:04 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34592#comment-137129 In reply to Victoria Marie Lees.

Thanks for sharing Victoria! And you make a wonderful point about the writer being in control of the story! I make reference to this in my school visits with young students about how if something isn't working in their story that they can change the setting, or dialogue, or, plot. They can mix it up and add to it - just like we grownup writers can. We are in charge of our words and evoking the response we aim for from our readers. 🙂

]]> By: Victoria Marie Lees https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/building-suspense-meet-your-readers-in-the-middle-and-they-will-come/#comment-137066 Wed, 12 Sep 2018 17:21:16 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34592#comment-137066 Truly a wonderful post, Donna. Thanks so much. I've logged these tips away and also shared the post online. It's always about the writer being in control of her story and having the reader ask the right questions and not be totally lost within your story.

]]> By: donnagalanti https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/building-suspense-meet-your-readers-in-the-middle-and-they-will-come/#comment-136878 Wed, 05 Sep 2018 19:25:28 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34592#comment-136878 In reply to Julie Glover.

Me too Julie! I am known to rip pages a bit - LOL!

]]> By: Julie Glover https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/building-suspense-meet-your-readers-in-the-middle-and-they-will-come/#comment-136869 Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:59:51 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34592#comment-136869 In reply to dholcomb1.

Interesting about gauging your heart racing. I find my fists clenching. 🙂

]]> By: Julie Glover https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/building-suspense-meet-your-readers-in-the-middle-and-they-will-come/#comment-136868 Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:59:06 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34592#comment-136868 In reply to Nan Lundeen.

A timely post for you then, Nan! Good to hear.

]]> By: Julie Glover https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/building-suspense-meet-your-readers-in-the-middle-and-they-will-come/#comment-136867 Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:58:20 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34592#comment-136867 In reply to Bryan Denson.

Love that application to narrative nonfiction, Bryan!

]]> By: donnagalanti https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/building-suspense-meet-your-readers-in-the-middle-and-they-will-come/#comment-136855 Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:07:42 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34592#comment-136855 In reply to dholcomb1.

That is a great way to know gauge your response! I find my heart racing too and reading faster and then go back and slow down and often re-read my favorite parts. I love when an author builds then shocks me so I must re-read to let it sin in deeper. Nancy Pickard did this for me in a very early scene of The Virgin of Small Plains (great read!)

]]> By: Laura Drake https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/building-suspense-meet-your-readers-in-the-middle-and-they-will-come/#comment-136849 Wed, 05 Sep 2018 08:38:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34592#comment-136849 In reply to littlemissw.

I was stunned by the end of the Sixth Sense, Littlemiss! One of my all time faves now. Julie - do not sleep. Do not pass go. Do not breathe until you watch that movie!!! Sucks that the ending got ruined for you, but still well worth the watch.

]]> By: dholcomb1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/building-suspense-meet-your-readers-in-the-middle-and-they-will-come/#comment-136840 Wed, 05 Sep 2018 03:56:11 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34592#comment-136840 I know I'm reading a good suspense novel when my heart is racing. I love when an author can write with that much passion. Will they survive, be caught, find the suspect, find the missing in time...

denise

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