I receive a lot of questions from aspiring writers and this one caught my eye. Q: Have you ever had a story that you wanted to write, …
Does your protagonist have a Super Power? You bet!
During the My Book Therapy Deep Thinkers Retreat I threw Beth Vogt a curve. “What’s your heroine’s super power?” She looked at me like I was crazy. But I had …
How to cause a little trouble: the how-to’s of peripheral plotting
How do you find those Peripheral Plotting elements? Yesterday we talked about Peripheral Plotting – a great little trick to widening your suspense plot. How, however, do you find those …
Peripheral Plotting – a trick to widening your suspense plot
You need to employ some Peripheral Plotting! Peripheral Plotting is the technique of pulling in ancillary elements and using them to create more tension in your plot. Ideally, they will …
How to use “Sacrifice” in your suspense novel – some examples
Yesterday I talked about building that essential element of sacrifice into the emotional journey of your suspense novel. It thought it would help to show some of the ways I’ve built …
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