Friday, 9 September 2011

Tip #155: Building tension

Building up to a big bad something?
Try using foreboding: build tension by dropping hints that not all is well (what are the symptoms of your big bad?) and allow your characters to worry just a little tiny bit.
Consider heightening the emotional build-up by combining the big bad suspense arc with that of something your character is anticipating.

H. R. Filmore's Reminders to Self, July 2011.

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