In real life writers are lousy at dealing with tension. We avoid conflict. We’re writers because we like to deal with things from a distance. But writing still gives us a way to dabble. We create the tension. We manage it, and we resolve it. As writers we get to be the bully. If someone gets cancer, we caused it. Our job is to challenge and confront the reader, but we can’t do any of that if we’re so tension-averse that we can’t create suspense and conflict.
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