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Q&A Stories with multiple possible interpretations: do you plan for it?

There are many stories out there that are open-ended, up for different interpretations. Many theories spawn around such stories, most of which sound possible/plausible, but are nevertheless only th...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by noClue‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:10:30Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/33868
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar noClue‭ · 2019-12-08T08:10:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
There are many stories out there that are open-ended, up for different interpretations. Many theories spawn around such stories, most of which sound possible/plausible, but are nevertheless only theories.

I want to create a story like that myself, but I'm not sure on how I should plan such a story. Do you just make it very vague on purpose, so that there is a lot more room for interpretation, and just hope someone will find your work interesting enough to make a theory on the meaning of it?

Or do you think of multiple theories _in advance_, which your audience _might_ pick up on, while hoping they might also find other good theories that you didn't even think of / planned for as well, and adjust your story to fit those multiple possible theories?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-02-28T13:49:11Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 21