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Dee Moyza ([personal profile] deemoyza) wrote2024-04-14 07:28 pm

40 Writing Questions - Question 9

Back at it.

9. Thoughts on cliffhangers.

I like to use them, if I already have the next chapter/scene/section planned out and started. They're a good way to build tension, but if you don't follow up quickly, a reader might simply give up (I know I have, on a couple of them), so it's definitely a risk worth calculating beforehand.

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