You’ve jump started your story with an inciting incident, and home world (maybe not in that order, but definitely in the first chapter) and now you need to write…Chapter 2. …
Crafting your First Chapter for a Suspense – Application
The first chapter in a suspense novel is the most important. You want to introduce your characters, create sympathy for the, hint at the stakes or danger, and hook the …
How to Craft the First Chapter in a Suspense
Summer’s Over. I know because, well, the kids went back to school last week. And we had our first conference football game (which we won!) And the Minnesota Vikings lost …
Why should I read your book?
It’s early on a Sunday morning, and the house is quiet. It’s my favorite time to read so I wander downstairs to my bookshelves to hunt up a book. I …
Don’t go over the top – another trick of writing suspense.
Tricks! We’ve been talking in the past two weeks about incorporating a few tricks to writing a powerful suspense. Last week we talked about the Hook, and leaving the reader …