Writer. Pushcart and Best Micro Fictions 2025 nominee. Published @fairlightbooks & @shortstorymag. Mentor. Tutor. Novel THE RESET published 2025 with Bloodhound Books. Email [email protected]
Debbi Voisey
Loading...
Look at one of your scenes. Is there enough at stake if things go wrong?
www.debbivoisey.co.uk – visit my writing craft blog and leave a message
#FridayFocus #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #EditingTips #AmWriting #tension #addingtension
Proud to have this piece published by the wonderful @theamazine.bsky.social today. Thanks so much to them. 😍
Unanswered questions keep readers engaged. Not confusion, but curiosity.
www.debbivoisey.co.uk – visit my writing craft blog and leave a message
#WriteTipWednesday #WritingAdvice #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #AmWriting #CreativeWriting #tension #addingtension
Tension often grows in the gap between what a character knows and what the reader suspects.
www.debbivoisey.co.uk – visit my writing craft blog and leave a message
#ThursdayThought #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #AmWriting #StoryStructure #tension #addingtension
Breadcrumbs create satisfaction because they make the ending feel earned.
www.debbivoisey.co.uk – visit my writing craft blog and leave a message
#SundaySummary #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Plot #breadcrumbs
Tension isn’t just about danger or conflict. It’s about making the reader wonder what happens next.
www.debbivoisey.co.uk – visit my writing craft blog and leave a message
#MondayMotivation #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #AmWriting #Storytelling #tension #addingtension
One of the simplest ways to create tension is to give a character something to want, and put obstacles in the way.
www.debbivoisey.co.uk – visit my writing craft blog & leave a message
#TechniqueTuesday #WritingTips #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #AmWriting #addingtension
New Blog Post - The Art of Placing Breadcrumbs in Your Story - with questions and an exercise. Please visit, comment, & share. Also reminders about booking for Writers Reading on 18th and Launch of @fionajanemack.bsky.social novel on 30th
www.debbivoisey.co.uk/musings/the-...
Write a scene containing an object or detail that won’t become important until much later in the story.
www.debbivoisey.co.uk – visit my writing craft blog and leave a message
#SaturdaySpark #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #WritingPrompt #Storytelling #Plot #breadcrumbs
Look back through your draft. Are there places where you could plant subtle hints earlier?
www.debbivoisey.co.uk – visit my writing craft blog and leave a message
#FridayFocus #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #EditingTips #AmWriting #Plot #breadcrumbs
Debbi Voisey
Debbi Voisey
Some of the most satisfying moments in fiction happen when readers suddenly realise the clues were there all along. I always talk about this in workshops so some of you may have heard it before from.....
“Be brave girl. On this journey we’re no different to anyone.”
Read The Cost of Freedom (Your Feet) by Debbi Voisey @dublinwriter.bsky.social, a new #flashfiction piece now published on our webzine 👉 theamazine.com/2026/06/11/t...
#writers #litmag
