The Art of Creating Suspense: Central Ideas of Two Authors
Question 11 • GA-Literature and Composition I CR
Camille is taking notes on "A Simple Way to Create Suspense."Like the old cartoon of the big fish eating a smaller fish eating a very small fish, you’ll find out the big answer after a string of smaller drip-drip-drip answers. The big answer is parceled out slowly and parsimoniously. I remember doing that in "Killing Floor,” my first novel featuring Jack Reacher, a drifter and ex-military policeman. Something weird is happening in a small Georgia town. O.K., great, but what? Well, it seems to be something to do with money. Fine, but what exactly? Well, it seems to be about getting hold of perfect blank paper for counterfeiting purposes. Wonderful, but where the heck are they getting it?
Answer
A
Lee Child = author Jack Reacher
B
Fish, drips = answers
C
Big answer should come slowly
D
Blank paper to print money
Explanation
The passage describes suspense as revealing information gradually. It gives a series of increasingly specific questions about the strange events in the town, ending with the mystery of where the blank paper comes from. This supports the note that the big answer should come slowly; the details about fish and counterfeit paper are examples, not the main point.
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