: Re: Name of the technique where you show a tense scene in the beginning and then transitioning to a peaceful first chapter What do you call the writing technique that shows an incredibly tense

This sounds like a special case of starting in medias res, or jumping into the story during an action scene. This is usually followed by more action before a pause to reflect on how the characters arrived at their current situation but in this case the deescalation occurs very quickly.

Depending on the proper chronological order of events this may also constitute a flashback structure if the calm scene actually precedes the action that started the story.

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