How to Create Suspense Like Shakespeare

Understanding the Bard’s method of giving just enough information to make the audience curious

Tom Farr
The Writing Cooperative
5 min readAug 11, 2020

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William Shakespeare is perhaps the most enduring storyteller in history, with his plays still being performed regularly around the world 500 years after they were originally written. Not just stage performances either; Shakespeare’s plays…

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Tom is a writer and high school English teacher. He loves creating and spending time with his wife and children. For freelancing, email tomfarrwriter@gmail.com.