I was thinking about the concept of tension. What it is, how its created, and what to do with it.
One thing that occurred to me is that tension grows when the reader can figure out what the outcome of a situation is, but wishes it would be something else.
To achieve this, you'll need to make sure your reader understands the "rules" of your story, so that they can, on their own, predict what's going to happen.
You'll also make sure that the reader is emotionally invested in the outcome of the story being one other than what seems to be the most likely one.
What's a good way to achieve this?
What's another way of creating tension?
Really, the above is fairly basic and I'm sure some of you will be able to poke holes in the reasoning. I'm still thinking it'd be cool to have a talk about tension again. I think it's been a while since last.
One thing that occurred to me is that tension grows when the reader can figure out what the outcome of a situation is, but wishes it would be something else.
To achieve this, you'll need to make sure your reader understands the "rules" of your story, so that they can, on their own, predict what's going to happen.
You'll also make sure that the reader is emotionally invested in the outcome of the story being one other than what seems to be the most likely one.
What's a good way to achieve this?
What's another way of creating tension?
Really, the above is fairly basic and I'm sure some of you will be able to poke holes in the reasoning. I'm still thinking it'd be cool to have a talk about tension again. I think it's been a while since last.