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Writer’s Craft: Managing Tension With Peaks and Troughs by Rayne Hall
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
Tension is good. It makes the reader turn the pages. However, constant high tension soon gets dull. The readers can’t sustain continuous scared excitement, and after a while, instead of roused, they become bored. It’s like the waves on a stormy sea: the peaks are only high because of…
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