The Prompts You Need to Help You Write the Book You Want to Write Practical Exercises for Fiction Writers
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- Reviews
- The Prompts You Need to Help You Write the Book You Want to Write
- The Prompts You Need to Help You Write the Book You Want to Write
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Using this book
- 1 Memory and imagination
- 2 Character
- 3 Structuring plot
- 4 Dialogue
- 5 Point of view
- 6 Narrative voice
- 7 Beginnings and endings
- 8 Pace and tension
- 9 Description
- 10 Research
- 11 Editing
- 12 Wordplay
8 - Pace and tension
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2025
Book contents
- Reviews
- The Prompts You Need to Help You Write the Book You Want to Write
- The Prompts You Need to Help You Write the Book You Want to Write
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Using this book
- 1 Memory and imagination
- 2 Character
- 3 Structuring plot
- 4 Dialogue
- 5 Point of view
- 6 Narrative voice
- 7 Beginnings and endings
- 8 Pace and tension
- 9 Description
- 10 Research
- 11 Editing
- 12 Wordplay
Summary
How we maintain a high level of narrative interest. Varying the speed at which the narrative unfolds; generating momentum; maintaining focus. Building reader anticipation in promise of revelation. Obstacles and uncertainties build suspense. A ticking clock exerts pressure. The cliffhanger.
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- The Prompts You Need to Help You Write the Book You Want to WritePractical Exercises for Fiction Writers, pp. 95 - 107Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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