Review the paragraph from "A Simple Way to Create Suspense" the by Lee Child. Trusting such a simple system feels cheap and meretricious while you're doing it. But it works. It's all you need. Of course, attractive and sympathetic characters are nice to have; and elaborate and sinister entanglements are satisfying; and impossible-to-escape pits of despair are great. But they're all luxuries. The basic narrative fuel is always the slow unveiling of the final answer. What is the central idea of this paragraph?

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Titus Nixon

2 November, 01:40

Review the paragraph from "A Simple Way to Create Suspense" the by Lee Child. Trusting such a simple system feels cheap and meretricious while you're doing it. But it works. It's all you need. Of course, attractive and sympathetic characters are nice to have; and elaborate and sinister entanglements are satisfying; and impossible-to-escape pits of despair are great. But they're all luxuries. The basic narrative fuel is always the slow unveiling of the final answer. What is the central idea of this paragraph?

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Christopher Horn · Answer 1

To create suspense, writers must reveal details gradually so readers want more. - answer

Cozmo · Answer 2

In the paragraph from "A Simple Way to Create Suspense", by Lee Child, the central idea of this paragraph is that the simplest way to create suspense is the slow unveiling of the final answer. Blockbuster of the Jack Reacher thriller says that the simplest way to create suspense is to ask a question at the beginning and reveal some details throughout the story and the final answer it at the end of it.