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		"Conflict, Action & Suspense" by William Noble Writer's Digest Books, 1994 Hardcover Edition ISBN#0898796342 $14.99 (less 20% disc.)*
	Table of Contents Introduction CHAPTER ONE-- THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF DRAMA The Need for Confrontation Pull on Those Emotions Escalate, Escalate Immediacy Does the Trick CHAPTER TWO-- STAGE-SETTING It Begins With Grammar Charge Up Those Images Shift That Point of View Dig That Contrast! CHAPTER THREE-- OPENINGS Leads and Hooks A Block to Build Upon Sometimes Dialogue, Sometimes Narrative When the Ending Comes First CHAPTER FOUR-- LEAVE 'EM HANGING Scene Cuts Transitions It Pays to Wait To Complete or Not to Complete CHAPTER FIVE-- BUILDING THROUGH DIALOGUE Yes/No Well/Maybe Threat of the Unsaid Self-Talk Gesturing CHAPTER SIX-- BUILDING THROUGH MOOD AND ATMOSPHERE Anticipation and Dread Step by Step Physical Description Plus		CHAPTER SEVEN-- BUILDING THROUGH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Multiple Faces Terrible Secrets Inevitable Description Plus Inevitable Choices CHAPTER EIGHT-- BUILDING THROUGH POINT OF VIEW Converging Themes Your Viewpoint or Mine? Me, Myself and I CHAPTER NINE-- SUBTLETY AND MISDIRECTION Hints and Shadows Foreshadowing Reversing the Rules CHAPTER TEN-- TIME AND PLACE The Logic of Setting The Crunch of Time Limits Incidents and Anecdotes Anytime but the Present CHAPTER ELEVEN-- IT'S IN THE PACING Let's Take a Breather Crisis, Crisis! The Narrative Way Mixing and Matching CHAPTER TWELVE-- ENDINGS Keep Surprise and Delight Coming Questions and Choices Reach for the Climax Back to the Beginning?
	SYNOPSIS: Learn how to intensify the pressure throughout your story and keep the reader turning the pages. This book defines conflict, action and suspense, and how they relate to other important ingredients in your story. This book shows you how to create tension in your prose in a step-by-step process and build it to the breaking point. Your reader will want to know what's going to happen after every new scene you create. TO ORDER THIS BOOK, CLICK HERE! *NOTE: Prices are current when the page is posted on the site. Amazon.com may change the pricing policy at any time. To The Top | Back to Current Feature Page | About Literary Liaisons | Author Links | Bookstore Index | Fiction | Non-Fiction | Newsletter | Research Articles | Reference Books | On-line Resources | RWA Chapters | Sign Our Guestbook | Contact Us | Home This page last updated May 13, 1999 Copyright 1999, Literary Liaisons, Ltd. Artwork courtesy of Marvelicious and Angel's Free Web graphics