Creating Suspense in Narratives
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Creating Suspense in Narratives
Recognising Suspense
Notice how word choice and sentence structure can make a reader curious or uneasy.
- Omar entered the garden and looked at the flowers.
- Omar pushed open the gate. A twig snapped behind her. She spun around.
- Using a sudden sound
- Giving the reader a question to think about
- Explaining every mystery straight away
- Ending a scene just before an important event
- Using a short sentence at a tense moment
- sparkling, cosy, cheerful
- flickering, hollow, rustling
- smooth, colourful, enormous
- Bodhi looked carefully in the large shed.
- Bodhi eased the shed door open. Something inside scraped across the floor.
- Bodhi went to see the shed after lunch.
Practising Suspense
Try adding vivid details and leaving the reader with questions.
Write a Suspenseful Scene
Choose one setting and create a short paragraph using suspense techniques.
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