Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "cliffhanger"
The Problem with Cliffhangers
Capris Capers, my NaNo novel, is going much more slowly than my usual novels. The cliffhangers are a big part of that.
Every chapter must end with a believeable cliffhanger. So every chapter must be written with the cliffhanger in mind.
Last Saturday my writers' group met for a write-in. I came up with a list of cliffhangers to use.
The very next chapter I wrote something entirely different so those will be on hold. But I ran into the sister problem with cliffhangers. There must be a believeable solution to the cliffhanger.
I wrote the chapter ending with the cliffhanger and started the next. I knew what I wanted to use for the next cliffhanger but had a problem: the boys are locked in a cabin with no way out. Oops. Dead stop.
Now I know how they get out. On to the next cliffhanger!
Every chapter must end with a believeable cliffhanger. So every chapter must be written with the cliffhanger in mind.
Last Saturday my writers' group met for a write-in. I came up with a list of cliffhangers to use.
The very next chapter I wrote something entirely different so those will be on hold. But I ran into the sister problem with cliffhangers. There must be a believeable solution to the cliffhanger.
I wrote the chapter ending with the cliffhanger and started the next. I knew what I wanted to use for the next cliffhanger but had a problem: the boys are locked in a cabin with no way out. Oops. Dead stop.
Now I know how they get out. On to the next cliffhanger!
