Raising the Stakes: Build Tension on Every Page • Reedsy

📚 Overview

Whether you’re writing a high-octane thriller or a quiet character piece, tension is what keeps readers invested in your story. In this masterclass, author Noah Charney will show you how to build and sustain narrative tension at the macro and micro levels – scene by scene, and paragraph by paragraph.

Schedule

EVENT

15:00 - 16:00 EST

Build Tension on Every Page with Noah Charney

In this hour-long masterclass, you will learn:

Ways to balance external conflict and emotional stakes
The “question per page” technique that keeps readers turning pages
How to transform quiet moments into charged beats of anticipation
Tools for diagnosing and fixing flat or low-tension passages in revision

Following the presentation, we’ll have a live Q&A with Noah where he’ll answer questions about creating and maintaining narrative tension in your writing.

Speakers

Noah Charney

Reedsy Professor of Writing

Dr Noah Charney is the best-selling author of more than 30 of his own books, including a Pulitzer finalist. His latest book is The 12-Hour Author: Everything You Need to Know to Get Published and Become a Successful Writer (Bloomsbury). A professor of art history, he teaches online for the Smithsonian, the National Gallery (UK), and Yale. Noah has ghostwritten and edited books for Reedsy clients, and is Professor of Writing at Reedsy Learning.