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Beguile Your Readers with Tension, Suspense, and Conflict

Lynette Burrows — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0000

In part II, Lynette M. Burrows gives us a deeper look into the role of tension, suspense, and conflict in a story and techniques to develop them in your work.

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Ramp Up The Fight To Amp Up The Tension

writersinthestorm — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:00:34 +0000

by Jenny Hansen So you think you know how to fight dirty? Monday's post explained the nuance of "clean fighting" and how to use it to your best advantage in your stories. Today, we're gonna leave Mr. or Ms. Nicey-Nice at the door and show you how wallow in the muck. Every entry in the list […]

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The Drama Bomb - Drop it!

Guest Blogger — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:00:55 +0000

Please Welcome Mario Acevedo to WITS - he's a best selling novelist and instructor over at the Lawson Academy, so you know he knows what he's talking about! Here he is: Mario here: I’ve been invited to share a little of what I know about writing tension and conflict. Let’s first ask ourselves why we […]

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Blogging Guest: Donald Maass -- It’s Not About The Cougar

writersinthestorm — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:00:37 +0000

We're huge Donald Maass fans here at WITS. We've got all his books. Mine are dog-eared. He has a way of breaking down critical craft points and making them easy to understand. He's graciously allowed us to repost a blog that originally appeared on a blog we're also fans of, Writer Unboxed. Note: If you […]

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