How do writers surprise and terrify readers? What is your worst fear? Me, I have fears of being kidnapped, Snakes, people breaking into my home, the list could go on and on. Prisoners is a film that was released in 2013, It’s about a 6 year old girl being kidnapped and the only lead is a motorhome parked on their street. However after releasing the driver because lack of evidence, the parents take matters into their own hands. I watched this movie and it kept me on my on the edge of my seat until the very end, and played on all of my fears, and made me so terrified i didn’t sleep alone, or unarmed for a week. How do writers make people terrified, or suspenseful?
Writers use four common methods to create suspense. A horror writer may use foreshadowing …show more content…
“ The inscription which I read for the time was this- Sacred to the memory of James Clarence Withencroft, Born Jan. 18th, 1860, He passed away very suddenly on august 20th, 190- “in the midst of life we are in death” For some i sat in silence. Then a cold shudder ran down my spine. I asked him where he had seen the name. “Oh, I didn’t see it anywhere,” replied Mr. Atkinson. “I wanted some name, and i put the first that came into my head. Why do you want to know? “ it’s a strange coincidence, but it happens to be mine.”)”. Foreshadowing method was used with the gravestone to suggest the main character fate. Another method writers is withholding information. They may do this through having an untrustworthy narrator. Writer create suspense when a character must choose between two dangerous courses of action. We must read to find out what will happen next. For instance “I told him my address. It would take an Hour’s quick walk
Writers use four common methods to create suspense. A horror writer may use foreshadowing …show more content…
“ The inscription which I read for the time was this- Sacred to the memory of James Clarence Withencroft, Born Jan. 18th, 1860, He passed away very suddenly on august 20th, 190- “in the midst of life we are in death” For some i sat in silence. Then a cold shudder ran down my spine. I asked him where he had seen the name. “Oh, I didn’t see it anywhere,” replied Mr. Atkinson. “I wanted some name, and i put the first that came into my head. Why do you want to know? “ it’s a strange coincidence, but it happens to be mine.”)”. Foreshadowing method was used with the gravestone to suggest the main character fate. Another method writers is withholding information. They may do this through having an untrustworthy narrator. Writer create suspense when a character must choose between two dangerous courses of action. We must read to find out what will happen next. For instance “I told him my address. It would take an Hour’s quick walk