Miskatonic University Podcast

MUP EP 330 – Tension in Storytelling Part II w/ Evan Perlman

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Show Notes

This episode, Keeper Bridgett and Guest Keeper Evan Perlman discuss…wait for it…wait for it…waaaaaaait for iiiit… Tension in Storytelling. PART II!

We’ll discuss what tension is, why it’s important, how to deploy it, and how to keep your players on the edge of their seat!

We'll also probably confuse "tension" and "suspense" because we're professionals like that.

Patreon Plug & Update

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The Discord Plug

Our MUP Discord and we are all there! We invite all of our listeners to come and enjoy the community of horror gaming and cute pet pics. Link in the show notes: MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D

And thank you to our editor Nate for editing this episode.

Main Topic

Tension in storytelling Part II!

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