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Edge of their Seats

Whether you’re writing a serial killer thriller, a paranormal epic, or a bedtime story, you want there to be enough tension to keep readers turning pages.

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Creating Tension with Lizard-brain Writing

 Tiffany Yates Martin Writers love their brains: We exploit our highly evolved prefrontal cortex to infuse our prose with dazzling verbiage and transport our reader to the world of our creation. Yet for creating tension—one of the most important elements of compelling fiction—nothing beats the lowly amygdala: the primordial lizard brain that handles the most […]

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