How To Write A Page-Turner

Craft a Story Your Readers Can't Put Down

Jordan Rosenfeld

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Writers Digest
19 March 2019

Language: reference & general; Creative writing & creative writing guides

Every author wants to write a story that grabs a reader from page one, hooks them, and doesn't let them go until it's early in the morning; that quality that best describes this type of craft is tension. Written by a proven instructor of the craft, How to Write a Page-Turner is the only craft book to that cover just tension and suspense-from every conceivable angle.

Between the very sentences of page-turning stories thrums an element that pulls you on without your notice, beckoning you forward with an outstretched finger, your heart beating all the while. Without this element, even the most well crafted characters and compelling plots would fall flat. In a word: tension. Page-turning stories thrive on this element of the craft like lungs do air.

Tension in novels, stories, and even memoirs, is like the connective tissue that allows muscles to attach to bones, and thus flex their might. It's the heart of conflict, the backbone of uncertainty, the hallmark of danger. It keeps readers guessing, and characters on their toes. When you've got tension in place, stories leave readers breathless and wanting more. When it's missing, scenes feel inconsequential, plots drag, and characters meander.

Learning the craft of writing can sometimes feel like a paint by numbers approach--connect compelling character A to plot event B. To avoid writing that's formulaic, predictable, and slow, this book will help readers sew the threads of tension tight for an unforgettable story.

While this book walks you through the obvious areas that need tension building, from character to plot, it also delves deeper, to the subterranean places in a story where tension is often lacking: into the inner conflicts of a character's deepest psyche, to the breath beats between the very words you write, to the mechanics of how you reveal information to the reader.

AUTHOR: Jordan Rosenfeld is author of Writing the Intimate Character, Writing Deep Scenes (with Martha Alderson), A Writer's Guide to Persistence, Make a Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time, all Writer's Digest books, as well as Write Free: Attracting the Creative Life (BeijaFlor Press, with Rebecca Lawton) and the novels Women in Red (Booktrope), Forged in Grace, and Night Oracle. She is a former contributing editor to Writer's Digest magazine and her many publications include The Atlantic, Mental Floss, the New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, Salon, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Washington Post, The Writer magazine and many more.

By: Jordan Rosenfeld
Imprint: Writers Digest
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9781440354342
ISBN 10: 1440354340
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 19 March 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jordan Rosenfeld (Morgan Hill, California) is author of Writing the Intimate Character, Writing Deep Scenes (with Martha Alderson), A Writer's Guide to Persistence, Make a Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time. Jordanrosenfeld.net.