Jan 17
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Elements of Fiction (58)
Element 58: Tension
Where there is conflict, there is tension, and the better you can develop and viscerally share that, the better the story.
Sol Stein and John Gardner certainly agree.
Says Stein, “[The writer’s] job is to give readers stress, strain, and pressure. The fact is that readers who hate those things in life love them in fiction. Until a writer…
