Key Conditions for Suspense: Table of Contents
Key PROBLEM conditions for reader suspense
- Part 1 – It’s all about the reader
- Part 2 – The 3 Problem Types
- Part 3 – It’s gotta be difficult
- Part 4 – Uncertainty
Key CHARACTER conditions for reader suspense
- Part 5 – Character troubles
- Part 6 – Character deservingness
- Part 7 – Character draws 1-4
- Part 8 – Character draws 5-8
- Part 9 – Character draws 9-10
Key PLOT conditions for reader suspense
- Part 10 – Clarity, the first principle of plot
- Part 11 – Make the problem hard to solve with disadvantages
- Part 12 – Make the problem hard to solve with conflicts
- Part 13 – Make the problem hard to solve with growing troubles; surprise
- Part 14 – Put your plot together with the story cycle
- Part 15 – Story cycle action and trouble
- Part 16 – The story cycle’s dynamo (and a little Hitchcock)
Key STRUCTURE conditions for reader suspense
- Part 17 – Structure is problem solving, not voodoo
- Part 18 – The 3 phases of problem solving for suspense
- Part 19 – Use patterns, not formulas
- Part 20 – Patterns for Presentation Elements 1-3
- Part 21 – Patterns for Presentation Elements 4-5
- Part 22 – Patterns for Struggle Element 1
- Part 23 – Patterns for Struggle Element 2
- Part 24 – Patterns for Struggle Elements 3 – 5
- Part 25 – Patterns for Struggle Elements 6; 7
- Part 26 – Patterns for Resolution Elements 1-3
- Part 27 – Patterns for Resolution Element 4 -6; The Series Wrap Up
