Daily Archives: September 18, 2012

Some Mechanisms Underlying Narrative Tension


Since the WIP I’m finishing up is an espionage fantasy, it’s safe to say I’ve been thinking a lot about pacing and how thrillers achieve their heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat engagement with the reader. Superficially, they do it through mounting tension followed … Continue reading

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