Tension

Debra Knight said that "the thrill comes from prolonging the inevitable. Tension should be like a rubber band. You should see how much you can stretch that rubber band because as the rubber band is streched more and more, more tension is created. Narrative strands are an important part of creating tension. Narrative strands are different stories within one show or one film, it creates more interest for the viewer because they can follow multiple stories, not just one character in their quest. For example, in my TV show, i wlll have multiple strands starting with the main strand of a police offcier also being a criminal, I will have secondry strand ssuch as his wie's addiction, his children's school life and the cop's friends from bth of his careers. Most of these strands, if not all of them would combine at the end in order to have a big finale. The prospect of the narrative strands combing together creates tesnion, such as the protagonist's cop friends meeting his criminal friends. The ig finale then gratifies the tension.