Definition of 'succumb'. succumb. If you succumb to temptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong. Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette. The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.
Often by placing their characters in jeopardy. Here are some things that create suspense: 1  when the reader knows something the characters don't. 2  when the reader doesn't know something the characters do.  when the reader knows something is going to happen, but doesn't know what it will be.
The purpose of the foreshadowing will influence how you introduce it into the story. If you are building suspense, you will want the foreshadowing to be more obvious since it is key to the suspense. If you are setting up a situation for later, you may want the foreshadowing to be almost invisible to the reader.