Thoughts on Writing – Creating Tension

In my previous post about what a serial episode needs, one of the key elementsI mentioned was having tension and/or conflict. Eachepisodeneeds to have some kind of tension, or else the story will beboring.

Oftentimes we add conflict to a story byadding action. But that’s not always what creates tension (and action scenes can be boring if the stakes aren’t right for the character involved). At times, I’ve struggled in my edits of The Multiverse Chronicles to see what is missing. In some cases,...