18.14: Heavy Lifting with Microtension

Published: April 2, 2023, 10 p.m.

b"Let's take all our tension tools and apply them in tiny ways. A big application of tension might be an argument between two characters about a course of plot-important action. Microtension might be those characters arguing about how long to boil eggs.
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\\nIn this episode we'll explore some favorite applications of microtension, and the ways in which it can be layered to ramp up the larger, plot-focused tension.
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