How to Create Tension in Your Story 

This channel is pure gold!

A good way to complicate a plot point you want to conclude is to say "Yes, and..." and then progress it logically into a different plot arc

Suspense helps a lot---I think... That's where anticipation plays its role.

Which comes first, the complication or the character? It seems that when you're developing a character, you're choosing a person who is likely to find themselves in a situation with potential, complication or anticipation. Happy families don't qualify for creating tension, as Tolstoy suggests.

You are brilliant- thankyou!

excellent video. thanks. just what I needed today

How would you recommend transitioning while keeping tension in memoirs since they tend to cover more time and time you don’t want to mislead the reader about timeline?

Withholding is usually a mistake. However, if the reader knows something the MC doesn't know, that will rase the tension. This is why pinch points work so well. The reader sees trouble coming but the protag doesn't. Better if early trouble results in a twist or new trajectory they MC didn't anticipate.

I need a knife to cut through all of this tension knowledge.

Jordan’s daughter is crippled, painfully.