Unlock the Secrets of Cliffhangers: How Writers Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat

Check out this example from Michael Crichton’s book State of Fear:

Sarah stomped on the accelerator and the engine rumbled forward, but in the next moment the ground gave way completely beneath them, and their vehicle nosed down. Evans saw the blue-ice wall of a crevasse. Then the vehicle began to tumble forward, and they were encased for an instant in a world of eerie blue before they plunged onward into the blackness below.

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This cliffhanger is multi-layered. Layering cliffhangers gives them depth and greater impact.

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