pEffective storytelling stems from many elements, the most crucial of which are unseen or blended in so unobtrusively that they are difficult to spot and analyze. Still, they are necessary to the wholeness and coherence of a story150to create a work that lingers and resonates in the reader's imagination.pIn iBetween the Linesi, author and writing instructor Jessica Page Morrell shows you how to craft a unified and layered novel or short story by mastering subtle storytelling techniques, such as ulliUsing emotional bombshells, surprises, and interruptions to intensify cliffhangersliliEnlarging your story world through the use of layered subplotsliliBuilding suspense one scene at a time to maximize the emotional payoffliliAnchoring your premise to your protagonist's character arcliliTransitioning into and out of flashbacks without interrupting the mood of your storyliulpDetailed instruction combined with examples from well-known authors turn seemingly complex topics like subtext, revelat