The Secret Power Behind Cliffhangers That Keeps You Glued to Every Story
- End your scene with your point-of-view character in trouble.
- End your scene with your point-of-view character making a risky decision.
I discuss these two options in my latest book, How to Write a Dynamite Scene Using the Snowflake Method. If you want all the details, with examples from several best-selling novels, you can check that out.
In this post, we’ll consider only the case where the scene ends with trouble.
The Right Kind of Trouble
Ending a scene with your POV character in trouble is good, but it needs to be the right kind of trouble. The right kind of trouble will make your reader worry about your character.
