: Re: What are some conventions for creating a sense of urgency? I do not believe I came up with the concept of urgency in a main conflict, but I cannot find the original source, so I will just

To me, urgency is about setting the right environment, tone, mood, feel. It's about how you describe their actions. Are they moving around the maze quickly? Or do they stumble into walls as they scurry about desperate to find a way out. Are they constantly looking at watches while the time ticks closer and closer to inevitable doom or do you assert that they need to hurry but then never have them be time conscious?

Ultimately, it comes down to word choice. What would YOU do if you were in a hurry in that situation? Take those actions, take those thoughts, and put them to words. Do people around them become a blur in their rush? Does hearing the monsters roar in the distance make their hearts jump and skip a beat as their tired legs find renewed energy to push on, desperate to escape?

EDIT: OP is looking for ideas on how to create the situations that would require urgency and not how to create urgency as in the actual action of urgency.

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