Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot : How to Write Gripping Stories That Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats
Overview
Using case studies, exercises, and dozens of examples from best-selling authors, learn how to write compelling stories that leave your readers wanting more. Suspense is one of the most powerful tools a writer has for captivating readers - but it isn't just for thrillers. From mainstream fiction to memoir, suspense creates the emotional tension that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. Mastering Suspense, Structure, & Plot is your hands-on guide to weaving suspense into your narrative. Award-winning author Jane K. Cleland teaches you how to navigate genre conventions, write for your audience, and build gripping tension to craft an irresistible page-turner. Inside, Cleland will teach you how to:
- Implement thirteen no-fail techniques to construct an effective plot and structure for your story
- Use Cleland's Plotting Road Map to add elements of suspense like twists, reversals, and moments of danger
- Write subplots with purpose
- Improve your descriptions, character development, sentence structure, and more "Indispensable! For newbie authors and veterans alike, this terrific how-to is your new go-to. Don't write your book without it - it's a treasure."
- Hank Phillippi Ryan, Agatha, Anthony, Macavity and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781599639673
- ISBN-10: 159963967X
- Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
- Publish Date: April 2016
- Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.75 pounds
- Page Count: 240
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