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Jonathan Matei's avatar

Starting with normalcy before introducing suspense is such a clever technique. Do you have a favorite example where this worked really well in a story?

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Susie Winfield's avatar

I have too many favorites. Sue Grafton was one of my favorite writers in my early writing days. I loved how her main character Kinsey Milhone just went about her day before trouble showed up.

Same thing with Janet Evanovich and her character Stephanie Plum. She would be enjoying a donut and her car gets blown up.

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