How Do You Write a Cliffhanger? The 8 Steps to REALLY Hooking An Audience

This article will explore the cliffhanger, as a screenwriting mechanism, and how best to deploy it in your screenplay.

We’ll examine the following:

• What is a Cliffhanger?
• What Effect Does a Cliffhanger Have? Why Use One.
• What is an Example of a Cliffhanger?
• What Films and TV series feature Cliffhangers?
• And How Do You Write a Good Cliffhanger? The 10 Essential Steps.

What Is A Cliffhanger?

“A cliffhanger is a type of narrative or a plot device in which the end is curiously abrupt, so that the main characters are left in a difficult situation, without offering any resolution of conflicts”