Rising Action: Definition and Examples

To make your reader feel they can’t put down your novel, make sure everything your main character does to get out of his terrible trouble makes it only progressively worse, until everything appears hopeless.

Such obstacles and failures making things worse — with the emphasis on progressively — is the very definition of Rising Action.

Without it, you risk losing your reader after just a couple chapters.

This article will serve as your handy guide to Rising Action — what it is, how it fits into yo...