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17.33: Building Tension

Writing Excuses

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How to Write a Difficult Conversation

Use different methods of delaying that resolution and of drawing out the tension, because otherwise it just becomes a paridy of itself. When characters do share information, it cana lead to much more interesting conversations that are still filled with tension. The master class version of this is, the person who has the information needs to not be motivated to share it yet, for a really good reason.

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