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Q&A How much should you "guide" your audience with questions?

When you have your audience go through your work, whether it's written fiction, a movie, a video game or whatever, you want them to ask themselves certain questions, which you want to answer as the...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by noClue‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:11:43Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/40189
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar noClue‭ · 2019-12-08T10:11:43Z (over 4 years ago)
When you have your audience go through your work, whether it's written fiction, a movie, a video game or whatever, you want them to ask themselves certain questions, which you want to answer as they progress through your fiction. Obviously you shouldn't always spell out the questions they need to ask themselves, as they should think for themselves as well, but would it be wrong to guide them a bit with a few questions here and there? A few scenes of a hero pondering why the knife was found at that place but not in that other place where it would make sense?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-11-16T18:20:52Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 1