#WritersCoffeeClub 12/28 How do your prose create and maintain tension?

Intuitively?

This isn't something I do with conscious intent. I know in theory some of the ways to create tension -- close in PoV, short, quick sentences with short paragraphs, that kind of thing.

But I couldn't actually say which of those I used or why or when. I just know that when I feel the tension myself, that feeling transfers to the page and eventually the reader.

If I don't feel the tension of the moment, then the moment tends to flop and I know I've screwed up somewhere up the line.