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EPISODE · Jul 10, 2020 · 6 MIN

What is tension? (The Foundation of Making Your Writing Suspenseful)

from How to Write Good · host Daniel Poppie

Have you ever read a book you can't put down? You know, one of those books that makes you stay up so late in the night that by the time you put it down the sun has already started to rise? I think all of us have read at least one book that was so gripping it made up bite our fingernails and shift to the edge of our seat. What we are experiencing is tension. Every good story uses tension to push the reader closer and closer to the resolution of that book. But what is tension? I know it is a feeling inside me, but what creates it? Why does it create it?This episode talks about the basics of tension. My Book: https://amzn.to/31UcCPgMy Newsletter:https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/a1r2k2My Website:www.danielpoppie.com HTWG Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/howtowritegoodHTWG Twitter: https://twitter.com/danielpoppieHTWG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielpoppieOne Last Toast for Ebenezer Fleet:https://www.spreaker.com/show/one-last-toast-for-ebenezer-fleet

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