Suspense Writers

Suspense writers and ghost writers are required to be extremely creative as well as cautious while tackling suspense, which is an important genre today. They have to put in extra hours of sincere, hard work to get pages of a suspense novel stacked up ready to be sent for editing. There is no time to fritter away. Although the author is not tap-tapping at the computer keys, he is usually immersed in deep contemplation about "What if" questions or working out the other details of a thriller/suspense novel at hand. The better the writer can "see" the scenes, the plot, the characters, and the tides of the story, finer will be the end results. Voracious readers make excellent storytellers; the habit of reading should become second nature to writers handling suspense. The anticipation of what might occur is what suspense all about.

Suspense writers breathe life into the characters they write, impact the readers. Often such characters are 'loved to be hated' by the readers and this element paints a picture of hatred of the vile antagonist. If the author wants to keep the audience hypnotized, the inner evil of the villain should be the chief focus. Generally all suspense screenplays are instantaneous successes. Film and television serials based on suspenseful screenplays are fun to watch, heightening the anxiety of the audience and increasing their enjoyment. This fact has provoked millions of authors to try their hand at this genre down the years. Suspense writers should be able to use the manifestation of the dark side of human nature to keep the audience engrossed. The villain need not necessarily be a flesh-eating ogre. The felon can be an anti-hero, a victim of cruelty of the beloved one which has resulted in such a behavior.

While establishing the character of the villain, suspense writers must carefully examine the motive that prods the horrid one to behave that way. The creation of the right mood will go a long way in building up an extraordinarily chilling climax. Suspense rests on the likelihood that the antagonist may win. The tussle between the good and evil in the plot may carry several sub-plots to support the main one. Raising the stakes and the creation of one disaster after another is a good technique to make the readers engaged and desiring to find out what will happen next. Urgency is generated as the readers near the zero-hour. The suspense writers commonly use terrorist, kidnappers, assassin, and time constraints to accelerate the tension of the readers to an unbearable level. Alluding slightly to events and foreshadowing them till the climax institutes apprehension in the readers.