[Aliventures blog post] Seven Masterful Techniques to Build Tension in Your Fiction (With Examples)

Published: Fri, 05/31/24

Updated: Tue, 06/04/24

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Seven Masterful Techniques to Build Tension in Your Fiction (With Examples)

Seven Masterful Techniques to Build Tension in Your Fiction (With Examples)

Are you looking to raise the levels of tension in your story?

A high level of tension keeps your story taut, like a wire: it means your reader will be on the edge of their seat as they wait to find out what happens next. It ramps up their emotional investment in your characters, too.

Adding tension is relatively straightforward … and it can really improve the pace of your short story or novel. We’re going to go through seven practical techniques to use, but before that, let’s dig into what exactly we mean by “tension” in a story.

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Happy writing,

Ali

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