What is tension in fiction?
It is the anticipation, the dread, of unknown events or other elements in a story that compel a reader to keep going.
Ask this question for each of your characters: What are you afraid of losing the most?
The answers should give you an ample supply of tension, conflict, and suspense in your story.
Friday’s Findings
- Tension In Writing: How To Grip Your Readers
- Writing to the Tension
- How to Build Tension and Suspense to Keep Readers Hooked
- 8 Elements of Creating Tension in Your Writing
- Building Tension in Your Writing
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Andrew M. Friday 
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