![]() And when an author chooses to reveal story information is critical to story success the expectations are different in genre fiction than in literary fiction. But why an author withholds information contributes to the quality of the story. Withheld informationĪll stories have withheld information. In popular fiction, the resolution may be simply a plane crash or an emergency landing and the arrest of the pilot. Again, character generation of plot to create literary fiction. The lover might sacrifice his life for Jane, or visa versa. Note how the second scenario also allows for complexities in the resolution that may reveal more about the characters and contribute to the meaning of the story-say, love is the root of disaster. This is not a great story but it does show how character-driven plots differ from circumstantial plots. The plane’s fuel tanks have not been refueled.Ĭomment. The lover arrives hung over from drowning his sorrows, and fails to complete a preflight checklist. She has made her lover distraught at her refusal to give up her efforts to patch her marriage. Jane calls her clandestine lover to fly her to New York in his small plane to meet with her estranged husband. Yet there is a lack in this plot construction of the character-driven element of literary fiction. Fear of something happening to a character, and if we like or respect the character, the suspense is heightened. The fuel tanks are less than a quarter full.Ĭomment. The pilot ignores the usual preflight checklist. Her pilot arrives too intoxicated to fly the plane, successfully covering up his reduced capacities. Jane books a flight to New York to plead with her estranged husband. Suspense in literary fiction is the fear of something happening to a character we like or respect, and the character’s personality affects the outcome of plot elements. Suspense contributes to drama, but it is not the sole element of drama in literary fiction. ![]() Suspense: feeling of uncertainty, excitement, or worry over how something will turn out. ![]()
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