I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Suspense is worse than disappointment.
Suspense arises naturally from good writing - it's not a spice to be added separately.
I've always said I'm less interested in twists as I am about escalation.
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.
Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there.
It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending.
There are a number of writers who believe it is their duty to throw as many curve balls at the reader as possible. To twist and twist again. These are the Chubby Checkers of crime fiction and, while I admire the craft, I think that it can actually work against genuine suspense.
This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
Nothing bores me more than books where you read two pages and you know exactly how it's going to come out. I want twists and turns that surprise me, characters that have a difficult time and that I don't know if they're going to live or die.
I think suspense is a big thing.