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Q&A How to best pace information reveals to the reader

There are "odd things", and there are "mysteries". Mysteries are supposed to get the audience on the hook, and get explained at some point later. Odd things just happen without explanation, and cha...

posted 6y ago by Alexander‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:22:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/34516
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Alexander‭ · 2019-12-08T08:22:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
There are "odd things", and there are "mysteries". Mysteries are supposed to get the audience on the hook, and get explained at some point later. Odd things just happen without explanation, and characters move on like nothing happened, whereas audience is left wondering about them.

Are you sure your readers immediately identify "odd things" as "mysteries", and not something odd, which would probably never going to be explained?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-03-22T17:17:59Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 7