Unlock the Secrets of Cliffhangers: How Writers Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat
The Peril Cut
The peril cut puts the character in some kind of physical danger and then cuts the scene at the worst point.
Make sure, if there is any kind of lengthy setup that needs to happen, that you take care of it earlier in the scene.
When the pace picks up toward the cliffhanger, you need to be quick and to the point. Don’t immediately resolve the danger. Cut and jump, like we talked about before. Let your reader worry.
If you do stay in the setting, you must make the situation worse in the Opening.
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