Advice for writing suspense fiction books is something that is not exact. If you intend
to write a suspense fiction book, and have a favorite author, then you may want advice
that's geared toward mimicking them to a degree. But when you look around, you find that
many other authors offer different advice for laying down a good suspense fiction book.
It's in the eye of the beholder and can vary from person to person, and author to author.
But there are, if you pay attention, also many basic things that can be common among the
different types of advice you may find. By taking these in and making note of them, and
then adding a bit of your own unique style, then you're on the road to finding the
suspense writer within you. Don't try to copy style, just basics. Develop a style that's
unique to only you by letting yourself explore things you could never find through mere
advice.
People have different ways of responding to their creative sides. Many are similar, but
never the same. Creative people tend to be stimulated more than the average Joe by outer
influences. These are things like weather, starry skies, oceans, and other things in
nature. They see things with a different slant than others. They marvel and wonder at
things in the world, and their light shines on everything in a very different color than
others.
Moods can change quickly when dealing with creative people. And while many are energetic
and out going, others can be quite relaxed and contemplative. We vent our creative sides
as differently as we walk and talk and think. So you need to find a way to tap into what
it is that drives you, and then be able to put that down on paper and make it a part of
your writing style. It should be an outlet for your soul, a way of expressing yourself
that means so much you don't want to stop.
Many of these creative types prefer to 'write by the seat of their pants'. Which is a
method of writing called Freewriting, or Pantsing. They begin their journey with a mere
seed of an idea. They may only scribble a few notes about the idea, not knowing where it
may lead them, and off they go, winging it along their way. Their story unfolds as it gets
written. They aren't under any pressure to make the story bend to any preconceived plans
or plots.
Your rough draft will be rough indeed. But you'll find, while you sift through and throw
things away, that there are some great pearls in there that you want to shine and polish
and that are truly and uniquely YOU. You have your own form of genius, it's finding it
that sometimes eludes you. This draft is merely a starting point to give you a direction,
this is the clay before you put it on the potter's wheel to shape it and mold it into
something beautiful that only you can make.
Even for experienced writers, the art of exposition can be tricky. Writers are always
hearing 'show the story' instead of tell the story. You get to a point in your story where
you have a need to 'EXPOSE' the plot, and there are times when you have to leave it up to
your readers to come to their own conclusions. This can be a tricky undertaking to say the
least.
Writing suspense fiction books is challenging and fun. It can be great outlet for your
creative side that's busting a gut to find it's way into the world. Once you learn to tap
into it at will, it will flow like a river and you can produce new and uniquely beautiful
things within your masterpieces of work. Challenge yourself to let go, set yourself free
in your mind, and capture the event on paper.
