Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories That Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats
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Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot
Suspense is one of the most powerful tools a writer has for captivating readers – but it isn't just for thrillers. From mainstream fiction to memoir, suspense creates the emotional tension that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. Mastering Suspense, Structure, & Plot is your hands-on guide to weaving suspense into your narrative. Award-winning author Jane K. Cleland teaches you how to navigate genre conventions, write for your audience, and build gripping tension to craft an irresistible page-turner.
Inside, Cleland will teach you how to:
• Implement thirteen no-fail techniques to construct an effective plot and structure for your story
• Use Cleland's Plotting Road Map to add elements of suspense like twists, reversals, and moments of danger
• Write subplots with purpose
• Improve your descriptions, character development, sentence structure, and more
"Indispensable! For newbie authors and veterans alike, this terrific how-to is your new go-to. Don't write your book without it – it's a treasure."
– Hank Phillippi Ryan, Agatha, Anthony, Macavity and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author
The book, Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories That Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781599639673 in Paperback by Jane K. Cleland may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
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- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Author
- Jane K. Cleland
- Format
- Paperback
- Published
- Apr 28, 2016
- ISBN-13
- 9781599639673
- ISBN-10
- 159963967X
- Pages
- 240
- Carton quantity
- 40 copies
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