Esther 7:8 "Then the
king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine;
and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will
he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of king's
mouth, they covered Haman's face."
Covering Haman’s face is
such a chilling act. We don’t even need the rest of the narrative to know Haman
is doomed.
We may want to choose
something similar for our stories. The villain is going to be defeated, of
course, but our stories can give our readers an extra shiver if we can find a
way to foreshadow that ultimate defeat.
It might be easier to
think of something for a historical story, because our readers will not expect
to be familiar with old customs. The biggest test of our imaginations will be
to think up something for a contemporary story.
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