Tag Archives: turning the page

Implying the Question

- August 20, 2012

Getting people to keep reading is a tricky business. You can’t be there with them. You can’t tell them, “I know this part is slow, but wait till you see the payoff.” Instead, you have to imply there will be something important, not at the end, but just around the corner. You’ve got to keep […]

Page-Turning Prose (Week Ending August 25)

- August 19, 2012

“I try to leave out the parts people skip.” ~ Elmore Leonard (Get Shorty, 3:10 to Yuma) Writers all want readers to turn the page. The key is to have the reader so engrossed in the story that he or she doesn’t realize it’s the end of a scene — or a chapter — and plows ahead […]