writing-suspense_storyquestions



	RAISING STORY QUESTIONS

		This is one of the easiest and most effective ways to build a sense of anticipation or suspense of what is to come. There are a number of ways this can be done.

Here's an example of stating a question that the main character is wondering about: What was that noise? Was it just the wind or was it something...or someone else? The same thing can be done with dialogue: "What was that noise?" I whispered. Was it just the wind or was it something...or someone else? It can also be done with a statement of concern, wonder, or worry: "I wonder if that noise is just the sound of the shutters banging against the house," I asked nervously. A statement of hope with an undercurrent of worry and foreshadowing of a problem also works: "I hope that noise isn't a ghost," I whispered.

			All of these help the reader get inside the writer's head and view the story from the writer's point of view.

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