on Helping Writers become Authors:

We all want to write stories that keep readers turning pages into the wee hours of the morning. We want readers to reach the end of a chapter and be gripped with an undeniable need to keep reading. We want to them take a look at the clock and promise themselves, Just one more chapter—and then have that “one more” morph into half the book.

We’ve all read books like this. So what’s the secret to writing one?

In a word: chapter cliffhangers.

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