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Q&A How do Red Herrings work?

The more distractions you have in your narrative, the fresher the plot/character twist. They were used in ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and the Harry Potter series, to keep the audiences focussed on a differ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Edmund Frost‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:26:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/37765
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Edmund Frost‭ · 2019-12-08T09:26:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
The more distractions you have in your narrative, the fresher the plot/character twist. They were used in ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and the Harry Potter series, to keep the audiences focussed on a different ‘conclusion’. How are they done, exactly?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-07-21T16:59:20Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 15