It's a technique that lots of authors use but I've never seen it written up in any of "advice for writers" column for some reason.

It also gets used on TV. See, for example, any Steven Moffat-written cliffhanger on Doctor Who.

Apropos of nothing, anyone interested in writing scripts for TV or movies needs to look at the online scripts for some recent Doctor Who episodes, at http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/doctor-who-series-9 courtesy of the BBC writers' workshop. They are great for understanding preferred script layouts and neccessary direction terms.







I certainly appreciated the reminders.




Lee has always deserved spotlight stories of his own.







Now would likely garner you more guaranteed feedback. The board is remarkably active again for a little while, but my own contributions as a writer will be strictly time-limited, probably to the current Untold Tales trilogy. I have other paid writing work stacking up, starting with another Sherlock Holmes short story and signing off on the print edition of my novel Labours of Hercules (due, um. last November). I'll still respond to other people's postings, of course, as I have done for the last decade. My point is, things might quieten down a bit after a while, so you may want to get your work in front of an aufience while that audience is definitely assembled.