If your stories tend to amble along, lose momentum, and fizzle out, I'd ask you, "what's your clock?" And where's your gun?
In fiction, the clock I'm talking about is anything that limits the story's length by forcing it to end at a designated time," - Chuck Palahniuk
Ex: Use pregnancy to serve as a clock. Their readers knew the story would crescendo in nine months.
Find a way to insert a clock into your story to build suspense and tension.
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Lending A Helping Hand: Writing Tips
RandomThis includes: learning how to write in first person ( if you do ) by submerging the "I" in detail, and other POV •Developing the theme of your story by shaping the readers perception of your world by presenting a limited message •Tips on how to...
