Guest Post: Helena Echlin on How to Write (& Rewrite) a Tale of Suspense

By Helena Echlin
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations

Cynsations Note: 

Happy Halloween! 

Yesterday we heard from Gillian French about techniques for building suspense. 

Today Helena Echlin shares her take on giving your readers goosebumps. 

And if you looking for even more ways to scare your readers, check out this post from April Henry, one of the post popular Cynsations posts ever.

And now, Helena.

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