Unlock the Secrets of Cliffhangers: How Writers Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat
Next up, the third type of basic cliffhangers.
3. Emotional Cliffhangers
Emotional cliffhangers involve some kind of emotion and a character’s response to that emotion. Any emotion can form the basis for a cliffhanger—if the reader is deeply grounded in the POV character.
The emotion can manifest inside the main character, or be from another character and comprise the POV character’s reaction to the emotion. In some cases, it can even be directed at readers, designed to make them feel an emotion the characters are not experiencing.
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