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How authors create suspense, drama, excitement

How authors create suspense, drama, excitement. FGI. What is suspense?. apprehension about what is going to happen an uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years" excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense".

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How authors create suspense, drama, excitement

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  1. How authors create suspense, drama, excitement FGI

  2. What is suspense? • apprehension about what is going to happen • an uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years" • excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense"

  3. Narrative suspense • Authors create suspense by making their stories interesting and ENGAGING • How do they do this? They STRUCTURE their stories carefully so that the reader has a sense that the events are going to build to an exciting climax • In order to do this, they must have: engaging openings, interesting complications, fascinating crises, emotional and dramatic climaxes, thought-provoking resolutions.

  4. Characterisations – How and why authors create characters • Authors attempt to create believable and sympathetic characters • How do they make their characters sympathetic? Often they will make us feel sorry for them • Sometimes authors deliberately make us feel annoyed and irritated with a character.

  5. Language • Authors aim to make their language enthralling. They do this by: • Writing fascinating dialogue • Describing scenes so that they vividly live in our minds and imaginations • Describing people so that we can understand them.

  6. Language • Authors will use: • Concrete nouns to create a sense of place, of people, eg table, chair, sky • Dynamic verbs to create a real sense of action, eg kick, shout • Descriptive and emotive adjectives to create a sense of detail and to make feel certain things eg stupid, vain etc

  7. Imagery • Authors will make wonderful and amazing comparisons (metaphors and similes) to force the reader to think more about an important issue, an important image, an important character.

  8. Themes • Authors will explore themes that trouble, engage and interest all of us – often by looking at opposite and connected themes together: Love (seduction, sex, Hatred (violence, prejudice, Fate (chance, the role of God, the role of characters in shaping their own destinies) Justice

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