Writing Suspense Fiction Books Creatively

Posted by Kristy Judge on July 2, 2010

Writing suspense fiction books is challenging and can also be very rewarding. If you have it in mind to write a suspense fiction book, then you probably have a favorite author or two who write them. If you research them and try to get an insight as to how they go about writing, you’ll probably find that there are a few basic similarities, but only in the mechanics of writing as a whole. Their unique style is something that really shouldn’t be copied. You should develop the one that’s inside of you.

If you look closely at your favorite author, and compare him/her with a few others, you’re going to find that creativity reveals itself in different ways in all of us. What you need to do is get a good basic idea of writing principles, and then fashion them into a style that belongs to only you, where you are able to let out your creative side, and it saturates the words that you put down.

Creativity is a different area of outlet for all people. Most creative people are affected by times and seasons. They have a bond with nature and the world and it’s workings that is unlike what others experience. They tend to notice things and have a different take on what they see. Creativity is the formation of the world is based upon. Rhythms, cycles, and forces drive the creative person and push them to find things within themselves that reflect what moves them in the outer world.

Creative people have intense moods that can be affected by weather or other people. Solitude doesn’t seem to bother them as much as it does others, because it’s here that they can tune in to their creative forces and find a unique kind of comfort there. They contemplate the creator, the long for something intriguing. Some will paint, some will build, and some will write. They must have an outlet for the feelings that swell up within them. So your writing should be a flow. You should learn to build the suspense, but also let yourself flow through your words.

For a lot of creative writers, ‘writing by the seat of their pants’, or ‘pantsing’, is their preferred method. This freewriting is simply done by forming an idea, jotting down a few notes, and taking off to wherever it lands you. You just ‘wing it’ until you finally have your first rough draft. It doesn’t have to be great as you’ll need to do some very heavy editing, but you’ll have the skeleton from which you can work.

Of course, this rough draft is more than just rough, it may even seem disastrous. But you need to get used to doing some tough editing when using this method. You’ll find a lot of things to simply throw away, but like digging for diamonds, you’ll find a few diamonds to polish and shine deep within the dirt. Think of this rough draft as the ball of clay that you need to grab before going to the potter’s wheel. From there, you can shape and mold it until it becomes a beautiful masterpiece.

Once the rough draft is in place, and you’re tweaking it, you’re going to run into places where the ‘exposition’ may give you some trouble. Don’t be discouraged, this happens with seasoned veterans as well. You have to give some thought as to where to reveal the plot, and where to give sample information that will cause your readers to come to their own conclusions. It can be a bit tricky, but makes the reading great.

Writing suspense fiction books creatively is one of the most rewarding challenges you’ll ever undertake. It can be an intense time of creativity venting, an outlet for the inner you that longs to be materialized into this world. And only you can do it. So pull up a chair, clear your head, and start writing. Write anything, until it begins to take you on a journey that has a wonderfully beautiful tale. Get it down on paper.

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