Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there.
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I think suspense is a big thing.
I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.
I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth.
The way I express ideas is through the plot, Suspense is an important part of expressing an idea.
I think suspense should be like any other color on a writer's palette. I suppose I'm in the minority but I think it's crazy for 'literary fiction' to divorce itself from stories that are suspenseful, and assign anything with cops or spies or criminals to some genre ghetto.
I think Jane Austen builds suspense well in a couple of places, but she squanders it, and she gets to the endgame too quickly. So I will be working on those things.
You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.
Suspense is worse than disappointment.
Suspense arises naturally from good writing - it's not a spice to be added separately.