PRESENT TENSE: Suspense Fiction and More

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How Limitations Spark Creativity
Show us less and we will fear much, much more. Our chance to scare you during your Labor Day beach weekend.
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Andromeda Romano-Lax
Writing from the wound
instead of waiting for the scar
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Jen Waite
When a Novel is a Masterclass in Suspense
Lessons from Tracy Sierra’s debut thriller, NIGHTWATCHING
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Kristin Offiler
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Why Books Shouldn’t Depend on Twists
A guest post from Erin Flanagan
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Caitlin Wahrer
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Genres Aren't Boxes, They're Planets
How contributor E.K. Sathue found her way into horror, with help from podcasts, movies, and books
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Andromeda Romano-Lax
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How Limitations Spark Creativity
Plus an accidental Hollywood discovery about suspense: show us less and we will fear much, much more. Guest post by Jamey Bradbury!
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Andromeda Romano-Lax
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Reverse outlining lessons from an Edgar winner
PLEASE SEE US author Caitlin Mullen shares one of her essential craft tools for developing and revising suspense fiction
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Hamptons Whodunit: A new East Coast mystery and crime conference
Guest blogger Shana Wilson brings us a report from the April conference's star-packed premiere, including thoughts on reveals vs. twists, character vs…
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Missing Girls, Monsters, and the Emotional Stakes of Genre
Good as Gone author Amy Gentry digs into some common plot tropes to help us understand the real anxieties and questions pulsing below the surface
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What Your Characters Don’t Know...Could Kill Them
Using Dramatic Irony to Build Tension in a Novel
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Caitlin Wahrer
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Jen Waite
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