Building tension in any body of work is not the easiest of tasks but just lately there is a tendency to use certain techniques that this writer finds infuriating. Like most people I love a good story, well written that builds tension to the right moment when the payoff not only acts as a release…
Tag: compelling characters
Setting the record straight
There is a debate going on that asks are Prologues and Epilogues necessary in the modern novel. In the Col Sec series I used them in Ronin, the first in the series as a way to set the scene for what was to come and to tie up any loose ends. In Omega I used…