So you have plotted your 3 ACTs of your suspense, understanding the elements of the external and internal journey. But a suspense is different than other novels. It contains elements …
The Final Battle: Wrapping up the Inner Journey for your Hero
We’ve been talking the past two weeks about the Black Moment, and the importance of it in our hero’s and heroine’s journey. Just to reiterate, without the Black Moment, there …
The Epiphany – the grand finale of the inner journey
We’re revisiting the Black Moment today, but instead of looking at the External Black Moment, driven by the Greatest Fears, we’re going to look at the internal Black Moment…driven by …
Continuing the Inner Journey…creating tension in the middle of your novel!
Yesterday we started our character’s spiritual journey by asking: What lie do they believe? (by the way, I often use this when chatting with children, or eve myself when confronted …
The Inner Journey of your Suspense character
We’re discussing ACT 3 of a Suspense! Last week we broke apart the Black Moment. This week and next, we’re going to talk about the second part of the Black …