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Main points

Ways this works

1 Tension Increases

There are hints of tension to start with

Props, setting, lights might change

Emotions get gradually higher and higher

Information is drip fed

The tension becomes more obvious

2 Stage directions

They get stronger as time goes along

There is a contrast in different characters' directions

Important points are directed in different ways

ovements suggest more tension

3 Conflict

aking your character feel emotions

Spice things up by adding to the conflict

Add a climax towards the end

4 Characters

Who is the character? Have details about them to make them real.

The character must have strengths and weaknesses that affect how they get to their goal

The character needs a goal to aim for

The character needs obstacles in the way of their goal

The character needs to react in different ways to different situations

Secondary characters can add to the tension too

5 What if?

6 Raise the stakes

Have a character try to achieve something

Include failure

ake the character face their worst fears

Finally overcome the problem

7 Show don't tell

Tell = Sam didn't like it (bad) Show = Sam shuffled his feet (good)

Imagine you are seeing a movie so you write down what you can see

Don't say things that are obvious eg "he is angry"

Create an image in the readers mind "he jiggled his jaw and ground his teeth"

8 Point of view

Write from the third person, not the first

Give the reader an imagination

Different characters' opinions and thoughts

Allow the reader to decide which character to support

Third person (he/she/it)

9 Deadlines

Something that has to be done under a certain amount of time

10 Action

The idea that disaster can happen any moment so the action gets fast and speeds up

Will the character make it???

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