Creating Tension: How to Keep Readers on the Edge

Thriller & Suspense
2018
Featuring Brad Parks, J.R. Backland, James Swain, John Gilstrap, Simon Gervais, Taylor Stephens

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Tension is what keeps readers turning pages long after they planned to stop. In this session, authors discuss how pacing, escalating stakes, conflict, suspense, and carefully timed twists work together to build tension and keep readers invested from beginning to end.

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