Interruptions to a character’s daily routine, inconveniences, and annoyances are not standard heroic ventures. The stakes must be difficult, impossible, overwhelming, and the character has no choice but to proceed. In every scene, a writer creates a defining moment in which the happenings are brought to a hazardous level that defies what the character intended. The techniques used are not formulaic writing but a necessity to make sure the reader remains captivated from chapter one, line one, to the last word. Incorporating stress, tension, and conflict in every scene ensures a story thrives. These are the competitive factors between the protagonist and the antagonist, laced with the protagonist’s high probability of failure. When writers understand the purpose of high stakes, they see how an unexpected turn of events affects a character’s goal and ultimately the story’s climax. Opposition simmers and boils in every scene, elevating the stakes higher than the previous one. The genre doesn’t matter, only what a beloved character must do as a hero. Spellbinding tension in every scene causes the reader to forget about time and space. The writer establishes an endearing character and quickly tosses him into a troublesome incident. In the art of story writing, high stakes keep the reader turning pages. For fans of romantic suspense comes a heart-pounding thriller about loss, betrayal, and finding the strength to trust again.Today’s guest post is by best-selling author DiAnn Mills. There’s a far more sinister plot at play than they ever imagined, and innocent lives are in danger. Risa and Gage soon discover their cases might be connected as a string of high-value thefts have occurred at properties where security systems were installed by Carson’s stepfather and children have gone missing. Special Agent Gage Patterson has been working a string of baby kidnappings, but he agrees to help look into Carson’s background.
Alarmed by Carson’s inside knowledge of Trenton’s death, Risa reaches out to her former partner at the FBI. On leave from the FBI, Risa returns to her former career as an English teacher at a local college, only to see her past and present collide when one of her students, Carson Mercury, turns in an assignment that reads like an eyewitness account of her brother’s murder, with details never revealed publicly. When the long-awaited reunion between Risa and her brother, Trenton, ends in tragedy, Risa is riddled with guilt, unable to cope with the responsibility she feels over his death. She’s never had reason to believe there’s a target on her back . . . For the past five years, FBI Special Agent Risa Jacobs has worked in the violent crimes against children division of the Houston FBI.
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