1. Use sentences and scenes and chapters that leave them hanging.
2. Tension, like conflict, should ebb and flow through your novel. Think of a line chart that grows ever upward in consecutive peaks and valleys. Your tension should follow this same path. It should always build, then fall, then…
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I have had to explain that more times than I ever care to admit but this is simple and to the point.
Ray Bradbury, the author of The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and many other literary classics — died this morning in Los Angeles, at the age of 91. He wrote over 27 novels and 600 short stories.
I am sadden to hear of the loss of one of the best sci-fi writer of our time passing today. He will be missed.
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