Episode 3 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling – Creating Suspense Using Question Arcs

Harry Potter is successful (amoung many other reasons) for Rowling’s fantastic use of suspense and mystery. Today, I analyse how you can use question arcs to create suspense in your own writing, and how suspense destroys ‘soggy middle syndrome.’

http://novelanalyst.libsyn.com/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-by-j-k-rowling-creating-suspense-using-question-arcs

Links:

Ian Irvine – 41 ways to create and heighten suspense: http://www.ian-irvine.com/on-writing/41-ways-to-create-and-heighten-suspense/