Quotes About Suspense

Most traditional ghost stories feature rather hapless protagonists, who have nasty things happen to them.

For thrillers, it's especially difficult to carve out a good trailer.

I always like teaser trailers because they don't give too much away, you know? They give just a flavor of what the thing is.

Anyone looking honestly at life will see that we live in a constant state of suspense and ambiguity.

Suspense is strong glue between the reader and the writing.

You take your reader to the cliff's edge. There you hang your hero by his fingertips. You are not to behave like a compassionate human being. You are not a rescuer. Your job is to avoid rescuing the hero as long as possible. You leave him hanging.

Suspense builds when the reader wants something to happen and it isn't happening yet. Or something is happening and the reader wants it to stop, now. And it doesn't.

The reader doesn't want to see your chains and pulleys, he just wants the ride.

Nuestro amigo le salió enseguida al encuentro con el peón de su rey, pero Czentovic volvió a hacer una pausa sin fin, casi insoportable; era como cuando cae un rayo terrible y uno espera con el corazón palpitante que llegue el trueno, y el trueno no acaba nunca de llegar.

Something nasty in the woodshed.

He in whom the love of truth predominates . . . submits to the inconvenience of suspense and imperfect opinion; but he is a candidate for truth . . . and respects the highest law of his being.

As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth.

A thriller becomes great when it carries a feeling of reality and truth.

Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

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Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

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