Inaction Jackson

As the song goes, the waiting is the hardest part. No matter how action filled your story or novel is, at some point, things will slow down. How do you keep the reader on the hook, so to speak? Can you write a suspenseful expository scene? This scene can be someone waiting, a brief interlude of description for purposes of setting, or the aftermath of a big action scene.

Here's the challenge: write 200 words of a scene with little or no action, which still creates suspense. Bonus if you can get the scene to build in suspense throughout the scene. Try to avoid cheap theatrics, like a surprise ending.

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