Creating Suspense in Your Story
What is suspense? Suspense is akin to holding one's breath, tensing the body, and gritting the teeth. It involves heightened emotions that induce a state of breathless stress. Thirteen techniques for incorporating suspense into your narrative are as follows: · …
Why Shout When a Whisper is Better
Whispering heightens fear. Sound draws the reader into the story From my book, Deep South Gold, notice how the silence adds tension and suspense, but at the end of the quietness, Jane is perceived as stronger and not weaker. Although…
Developing a Plot for your Story
Plots come in these types. 1. Overcoming the monster. 2. Rages to riches. 3. The quest 4. Voyage and Return 5. Comedy 6. Tragedy 7. Rebirth My book Deep South Gold has an overcoming the monster plot. The monsters and…
How Do Authors Come Up With What They Write About
One question that I’m often asked by my readers and those who want to be authors is “How do you know what to write about?” My answer is to use several techniques like the following: keeping a writer’s notebook,…
Let Me Introduce You to My Blog
I am Jo Stewart Wray. I’m the author of the following books: The Cheapskate’s Guide to Home Decorating: How to Make, Find, or Buy Inexpensive but Stylish Décor’ - Nonfiction Red Rage- Fiction Local Honey- Historical Fiction Deep South Secrets-…
GAMES OF GREED | KIRKUS REVIEWS
Title: GAMES OF GREEDAuthor: Jo Stewart WrayPages: 167Genre: GENERAL FANTASYReviewer: Kirkus Indie In Wray’s YA SF novel, a girl in a pandemic-scarred future is forced to compete against other young people in a robot-patrolled underground complex. A deadly “Silver Sickness”…
QUEEN OF THE WORLD WALKERS | KIRKUS REVIEWS
Title: QUEEN OF THE WORLD WALKERSAuthor: Jo Stewart WrayPublisher: Reading Glass BooksPages: 151Genre: SCIENCE FICTION | TIME TRAVELReviewer: Kirkus Indie In Wray’s SF time-travel novella, a woman falls back into time following her line of ancestry. Heidi Lodbrok wasn’t sure…
DEEP SOUTH GOLD | KIRKUS REVIEWS
Title: Deep South GoldAuthor: Jo Stewart WrayPublisher: Stratton PressISBN: 978-1-64895-675-1Pages: 480Genre: Genre Fiction / Historical FictionReviewer: Kirkus Indie Voodoo and hidden Confederate gold are just a couple of elements in this Southern gothic novel. Catherine Jane Lynch, a senior at…