Comments on: Creating Suspense in any Genre https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/08/creating-suspense-in-any-genre/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Mon, 26 Aug 2024 08:15:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Weekly News: 26th August 2024 - Author Help https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/08/creating-suspense-in-any-genre/#comment-775534 Mon, 26 Aug 2024 08:15:31 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=56216#comment-775534 […] to create suspense, whatever genre you write […]

]]> By: Michelle Barker https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/08/creating-suspense-in-any-genre/#comment-775453 Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:40:46 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=56216#comment-775453 In reply to V.M. Sang.

This is an excellent question. You can achieve this by showing things that the protagonist misunderstands or doesn’t recognize as important. It involves trusting your reader and hitting just the right balance of clarity and subtlety, so it’s not an easy thing to achieve but it’s definitely doable with well placed clues, foreshadowing, and dialogue that gets misinterpreted or misunderstood.

]]> By: Michelle Barker https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/08/creating-suspense-in-any-genre/#comment-775452 Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:37:42 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=56216#comment-775452 In reply to angela.

Exactly!

]]> By: V.M. Sang https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/08/creating-suspense-in-any-genre/#comment-775443 Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:48:16 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=56216#comment-775443 A great post. Just one query, though about Dramatic Irony. If we are in the protagonist’s head, how can we know something she doesn’t? This confused me

]]> By: angela https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/08/creating-suspense-in-any-genre/#comment-775439 Thu, 22 Aug 2024 03:15:26 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=56216#comment-775439 Love this, Michelle! Make it matter, make it count!

]]> By: Michelle Barker https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/08/creating-suspense-in-any-genre/#comment-775438 Thu, 22 Aug 2024 03:14:30 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=56216#comment-775438 In reply to MINDY ALYSE WEISS.

Thanks, Mindy. I’m convinced there’s suspense in every genre.

]]> By: MINDY ALYSE WEISS https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/08/creating-suspense-in-any-genre/#comment-775437 Thu, 22 Aug 2024 03:11:04 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=56216#comment-775437 This is so true! I love how you included picture books, too.

]]> By: Michelle Barker https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/08/creating-suspense-in-any-genre/#comment-775415 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:59:18 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=56216#comment-775415 In reply to BECCA PUGLISI.

It makes such a difference! Keeps readers glued to the page.

]]> By: BECCA PUGLISI https://writershelpingwriters.net/2024/08/creating-suspense-in-any-genre/#comment-775413 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 15:43:41 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=56216#comment-775413 Yes! Suspense in every story, in every scene!

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