Advice on Building and Releasing Tension

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Image by Csaba Nagy from Pixabay

During an interview with the DIY MFA podcast, Fran Hawthorne talks about her new book I Meant To Tell You and how to delay the payoff of your story. During this episode, they also discuss:

  • How to use minor details to show your readers exactly who your characters are
  • Why to shift perspective and how to decide when that shift should happen
  • When to provide release and when to build tension in a story