Keeping it moving: A piece of fiction needs forward motion, and for that you'll need to build the pressure.

Suspense fiction; Story plots; Fiction writing; Protagonists (Persons) in literature; Enemies in literature; Brown, Dan, 1964-; Harris, Thomas, 1940-

The author, a novelist, offers advice on maintaining dramatic tension and plot momentum when writing fiction, including creating active protagonists, setting high stakes for the plot, and adding plot twists. She gives examples of suspenseful fiction, such as "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown and "The Silence of the Lambs" by Thomas Harris. Other methods for writing dramatic premises are suggested, including using internal or external character motivation and using antagonists.