on Anne R. Allen:
We all know the pleasure of getting lost in a book.
We have all experienced that compulsion to turn the page to find out what happens next.
In fact, that irresistible urge to keep reading—to turn the page—might be one of the reasons we wanted to be writers.
Just one more.
Just ask James Patterson or Lee Child who have kept millions up reader to stay up way past their bedtime to read just one more page, one more chapter.
How do they do it?
What’s the source of their magic power?
The secret ingredient—in addition to Patterson’s short chapter and Child’s larger-than-life hero—is the cliffhanger, which has a long and (mostly) honorable history.
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