Andrea Nell Saving Savannah Contemporary Romance What if a rescuer falls in love with the widowed husband of the woman she failed to save? Layla yearns to belong but wounds from her past have scarred deep. Luke couldn’t ask for a better nanny or friend than Layla, but Savannah needs a new mother. Layla must embrace God’s healing grace so she can win Luke’s heart before someone else claims her place in his family. http://andrea-michelle-wood.blogspot.com Casey Herringshaw Releasing Yesterday Women’s Fiction All Jenna Hutch wants is a chance at normal newlywed bliss. But a haunting past and the secret of an unborn child threaten to unravel the fragile hope she has placed in tomorrow. Jenna Hutch wants what every bride desires—a chance at happiness: a normal, loving bond with her […]
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Act 3: The Glory
Over the past 3 months, we’ve been talking about the elements of a suspense, laying out the components of each Act. Just as a review: Act 1 is the set up of the GAME. It contains the Players, the Threat of the Big Event, the Inciting Incident and the rules (or the set up of the story). Act 2 is the GUTS of the story, where all the good stuff happens. It contains the Romance of the hero/heroine, the unexpected twists and turns, the droplets of truth and the uncovering of secrets. All of this leads to Act 3, which contains the Black moment, the epiphany, the Climax (or Final Battle) and finally..the Happily Ever After. I like to call this section the GLORY. These are all elements we’ve covered […]
Read the RestThe Big Event…make it terrifying!
The last few weeks we talked about the key to creating a suspense is the Big Event that awaits the characters – either a positive or negative event that looms at the end of the story, one they either know about or don’t, but that has the effect of raising the tension as they draw closer (or are kept from it). So far, the Big Event needs to be Believable, Compelling, Immediate…and now Terrifying. See, we need to believe that his horrible Big Event will be…horrible. This is different from believing it can happen. It’s answering the questions — so what? If it happens, how does it affect me? You make it terrifying by looking at two different perspectives – personal and public fears. Personal fears […]
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We need another bathroom in our home. Not that we don’t already have three, but we have an unfinished room in the basement, plumbed out for a bathroom. More importantly, our daughter is graduating from High School next month, and I have about 30,875 people arriving at our home for the festivities. I’m anticipating a high need. So…with that thought in mind, I dragged my husband to the tile store to contemplate options. His eyes nearly rolled into the back of his head from the excitement. Still, with a vision of the lineup in front of the boy’s scary bathroom, he helped me pick out tiles. See, it’s not about whether we need this, but how soon. Even more important than the need is the deadline that looms […]
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