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SUSPENSE SUSPENSE • The uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story. • Page-turning pace that keeps readers awake just to turn the next page. CHARACTERISTICS OF SUSPENSE • Reader wonders what will happen next. • Reader wonders when the next plot surprise will spring out at them. • Reader wonders how the character will resolve their conflicts. WAYS TO BUILD SUSPENSE There are three main ways in which an author builds suspense. • Pacing • Dangerous Action • Foreshadowing PACING • Advancing or developing something at a particular rate or tempo. • You see this often when an author or director slows down the action in order to build to something big. • The author might also speed something up to bring you to a moment of action. What are some examples? DANGEROUS ACTION • This is exactly what it sounds like. When the author adds dangerous actions that we know have serious consequences. • We as the audience know that certain actions have certain consequences thus causing suspense in the reader. Examples of dangerous action. FORESHADOWING • A literary device in which the author gives clues as to what will happen later. • We see this very often in stories and novels as well as movies. • Foreshadowing gives hints to the reader. Some examples of foreshadowing?
