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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...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T08:22:41Z (about 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
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Alexander
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2019-12-08T08:22:41Z (about 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
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System
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2018-03-22T17:17:59Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 7