Keeping Secrets: Building Suspense or Deceiving Your Reader?

ARTICLE VIA NY BOOK EDITORS

I thought I had a fantastic short story— you know the feeling. It was thick with understated suspense, snappy dialogue and dynamic characters with names like “Chub Henderson.” I worked and reworked the draft, and when I had a polished story I was proud of, I shared it with a trusted reader – a professor of creative writing. As I waited for his response, I imagined all theways he might compliment me, and the direct call he’d make to his agent to recommend this talent...