Suspense

[imaginarycircus]

What makes you unable to put a book down? What causes you to stay up reading even though you have to go to school/work in the morning and you know you're going to be exhausted? Any examples of books you have not been able to put down would be wonderful too...

I think it must be a combination of pacing, plot, and character. I don't know. I seem to have a pacing issue and I'm going a little bit bonkers.

Heard from agent. Pacing is still an issue. I feel like I am never going to get this right--except of course I will. It's OK if it takes me ten drafts. It's OK. Shower. Coffee. Work. Repeat.

Comments

[misscake]

I don't know if I can describe it in a way that makes it understandable, but for me it's that feeling that if you just keep reading a little bit more then you'll get that piece of info that reveals the meaning of X, except that in getting that reveal two more things (Y and Z) show up and then you need to read further to find out about those...and so on.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

Right. I think some books do that so well. HP does. It gives you hints and enough solid info to keep you making educated guesses that evolve with the story.