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The Science of Cliffhangers: Why Readers and Viewers Become Addicted to Content
Discover the science behind cliffhangers and why they make readers and viewers crave more content. Explore the psychology of curiosity, suspense, and audience engagement, and learn how storytellers use cliffhangers to create compelling, addictive content experiences. -
Pacing for Emotional Impact in Fiction: Building Tension and Release in a Novel
Bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne discusses the importance of pacing for emotional impact in fiction, along with five practical pacing tips.
https://www.writersdigest.com/pacing-for-emotional-impact-in-fiction-building-tension-and-release-in-a-novel#Plot #WriteBetterFiction #BetterPacing #Cliffhangers #HowToWritePacing
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How to Use Cliffhangers (And Not Make Readers Hate You)
Bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg shares how to use cliffhangers in your stories in a way that makes readers happy (and not enraged).
The post How to Use Cliffhangers (And Not Make Readers Hate You) appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/how-to-use-cliffhangers-and-not-make-readers-hate-you#Plot #WriteBetterFiction #Cliffhangers #Hook #plot
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Het 35ste seizoen van 'Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden' sloot donderdagavond traditiegetrouw af met een zinderende zomercliffhanger, en uiteraard speelde ook dit keer de familie Sanders een belangrijke rol. En dat is niet voor het eerst: RTL Boulevard heeft tien cliffhangers...
https://www.rtl.nl/boulevard/entertainment/artikel/5516637/familie-sanders-gtst-cliffhanger
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Mastering the Cliffhanger
More than just a plot device, cliffhangers are a strategic storytelling tool that can turn casual readers into devoted fans. Whether used at the end of a chapter or in the final lines of a book, a well-placed cliffhanger fuels momentum, builds anticipation, and drives series read-through. When usedโฆ
https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/mastering-the-cliffhanger/#ForAuthors #WritingCraft #cliffhangers #craftingcliffhangers #hookingreaders
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Just about any writing question that starts with "Can you" or "Should you" can be answered with "yes, if you do it well."
#adverbs #PassiveVoice #CliffHangers #prologues #DialogueTags #OmniscientVoice #Exposition
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#HotTake: #cliffhangers are bad #writing. The end of a chapter/episode should be a good point to set it down, not some unresolved point that leaves you desperate for closure, and especially not the middle of a scene. Doubly so for the end of a book/season.
This is especially true if you're writing the season finale of a show that may be delayed by a writer's strike or canceled indefinitely because the executives got bored with it. (I'm looking at you #StarTrek)
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Do you remember those Saturday morning serials that always ended in a cliffhanger? Even though the cliffhanger was not employed in this serial, What Happened to Mary is widely regarded as the first of the genre. Released in 1912, the serial starred Mary Fuller and ran for twelve episodes.
๐ธ Miriam Nesbitt, Mary Fuller and Marc McDermott in What Happened to Mary.
