Comments on: How Stakes Set up Expectations https://writershelpingwriters.net/2020/11/how-stakes-set-up-expectations/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Sat, 02 Sep 2023 22:17:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: September C. Fawkes https://writershelpingwriters.net/2020/11/how-stakes-set-up-expectations/#comment-706668 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 03:17:30 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=40708#comment-706668 In reply to NetRaptor.

Yikes–stories like that can be so disappointing. But yes, it is fun to pull in something out of left field.

]]> By: September C. Fawkes https://writershelpingwriters.net/2020/11/how-stakes-set-up-expectations/#comment-706667 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 03:15:31 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=40708#comment-706667 In reply to BECCA PUGLISI.

Thank you! Yeah, I don’t think we talk about it enough.

]]> By: September C. Fawkes https://writershelpingwriters.net/2020/11/how-stakes-set-up-expectations/#comment-706666 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 03:14:29 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=40708#comment-706666 In reply to ANGELA ACKERMAN.

Yes, I love it too! It definitely keeps me interested.

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2020/11/how-stakes-set-up-expectations/#comment-706664 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:44:35 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=40708#comment-706664 One thing I love is when the author plays with expectations. Movie or book, it is great when I expect A but get B. It keeps the story fresh, no matter what genre. Great post!

]]> By: NetRaptor https://writershelpingwriters.net/2020/11/how-stakes-set-up-expectations/#comment-706663 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:54:14 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=40708#comment-706663 Ooh, that’s a good one. I really like the bigfoot one. That sets up expectations, but then has something happen out of left field. Suspenseful, but also a little less predictable.I read a book once where the tension strings were repeatedly snapped. Including one where the girl is riding along and OH NO something happens and she is knocked backward! Turn the page and oops she fell off her horse because she’s a bad rider. I closed the book and didn’t go back. :-p

]]> By: BECCA PUGLISI https://writershelpingwriters.net/2020/11/how-stakes-set-up-expectations/#comment-706662 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:25:10 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=40708#comment-706662 This is such good stuff, September. I’ve never really thought about the relationship between stakes and expectations, but it’s definitely there!

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