https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Sun, 12 Jan 2025 22:59:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/02/beguile-your-readers-with-tension-suspense-and-conflict/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/02/beguile-your-readers-with-tension-suspense-and-conflict/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=49439 Tension, suspense, and conflict are often confused or underused by writers. Learn to use them in your stories and captivate your readers.

The post Beguile Your Readers with Tension, Suspense, and Conflict first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/02/beguile-your-readers-with-tension-suspense-and-conflict/feed/ 14 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/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/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2018 11:00:59 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34592 Donna Galanti I’ve learned so much about suspense since writing my first book. One thing I’ve learned in fiction, and movies, is that surprise can be overrated. Surprise is two seconds of “Boo!” Suspense is ten minutes of “Oh, No! Will she die or not?” We’ve all heard go for suspense when you can--and for a reason. It keeps the […]

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