One Reader's Ramblings

My best friend has her Master’s Degree in Creative Writing.   Let me tell you, that’s a lot of class hours spent on how to write!   And according to her, every single professor she had talked at length about the importance of “tension” in a story.   She said they all emphasized the importance of something in the story to “make the reader want to turn the page.”   SO, here’s my question (and one she can’t remember ever discussing in school) – is there such a thing as TOO much tension?

I just got through reading The Twilight Series for the tenth time.   ( Midnight Sun was only for the 5 th or so time.   I didn’t discover it until I was already a true Twihard though now it’s one of my favorites.  Again... please, Ms. Meyer, finish it!)   Obviously, I love the books.   I mean, who reads a series (especially one that long) 10x unless they really love it.   So don’t take my criticism wrong.   (If you’ve read my previous posts you should know that I will vehemently champion these books to anyone.)