#pens

Everyone has a story inside them. Some are bedtimes stories, some thrill and others scare and horrify their readers. Find out what your story is and share it with the world. ↗

— C.K. Webb

#ck-webb #stories #writing #suspense

Never give up, Never surrender!!!!! If you think you can't, then you must, if you must, then you can..Tony Robbins ↗

— Paula V. Hardin

#books #dark #gothic #reading #romance

I like to write literature that reads like pulp fiction. ↗

— Nike Chillemi

#historical-suspense #murder-mystery #suspense #suspense

But suspense presupposes uncertainty. No matter how nightmarish the situation, real suspense is impossible when we know in advance that the protagonist will prevail (as we would if Woolrich had used series characters) or will be destroyed. This is why, despite his congenital pessimism, Woolrich manages any number of times to squeeze out an upbeat resolution. Precisely because we can never know whether a particular novel or story will be light or dark, allegre or noir, his work remains hauntingly suspenseful. ("Introduction") ↗

— Francis M. Nevins

#noir #noir-fiction #suspense #pessimism

... As could the sarcasm in her voice. "yes, she's bleeding to deat Lu upstairs, but i thought I'd avoid telling you right away, because I like to draw the suspense out. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#isabelle-lightwood #sarcasm #suspense

It’s not so much where I want you,Sophie, as it is how. Nothing tastes quite like a woman, and no woman tastes like you. - Marc Hunter ↗

— Pamela Clare

#romance #suspense #love

Excuse me,” she said, her voice tight. “But if I’d known there was going to be a firearms examination at the end of the kidnapping, by God, I would have studied for it! ↗

— Tara Janzen

#humour #romance #romantic-suspense #funny

Liza took her time sipping her tea. “That’s what I hear Janet. Of course, living it up can take years off your life and add them to your face. ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#chick-lit #funny #romantic-suspense #funny

You make velocity look good. ↗

— Melissa Cutler

#contemporary-romance #romance #romantic-suspense #suspense #romantic

The ferocity of her passion was what he'd been waiting for night after torturous night. He wanted her to hunger the way he hungered. To need like he needed. ↗

— Melissa Cutler

#harlequin #romantic-suspense #romantic