Suspense «360p 2024»

Suspense is the "slow-burn" of storytelling—a lingering feeling of anxious uncertainty about what might happen next. While is a puzzle about a crime that already happened, and surprise is a sudden shock, suspense is the visceral experience of waiting for a known or suspected danger to strike. The Mechanics of Suspense

Suspense thrives when the reader has more information than the protagonist, creating a "double vision" where you want to shout a warning to the characters. Suspense

As Alfred Hitchcock famously explained, true suspense occurs when the audience knows a bomb is about to go off, but the characters do not. and surprise is a sudden shock