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An Essential Element of Scene: Excitement (or Conflict, Tension, Suspense and/or Curiosity)
ByMartha Alderson April 21, 2014

To engage your reader, especially in today’s world filled with distractions, you must keep your story exciting. Excitement…

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Conflict, Tension, Suspense and / or Curiosity
ByMartha Alderson January 14, 2013

You introduced a broad view of the setting of your story in Prompt #2. In response to the…

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More on Emotion and Plot
ByMartha Alderson February 16, 2010

Following the in-depth article Emotion Makes the Character with tips for creating emotion in your characters, I offer…

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