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Q&A Don't look at what I did there

As I understand, you decisively want to refuse giving an explanation, right? You could add "unnecessary" details to imply a story that has the readers imagination going wild for you. Axel and ...

posted 5y ago by anon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:50:48Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/47698
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar anon‭ · 2019-12-08T12:50:48Z (almost 5 years ago)
As I understand, you decisively want to refuse giving an explanation, right?

You could add "unnecessary" details to imply a story that has the readers imagination going wild _for_ you.

> Axel and Susan may have managed to escape the avalanche, but now the only thing they could do was wait for their slow decay in the premature coffin that was this cabin. There was no way out and they would never walk freely again.
> 
> * * *
> 
> Susan hobbled towards the bar across the frozen lake. Her jacket was ripped, she was missing a shoe and Axel was nowhere in sight. As she entered the barman asked her: "What happened to _you?_" She grumbled: "Don't ask."

And then you drop the subject and move on with the plot.

You're not supposed to understand what happened, just that something happened. You could even amp up the ridiculousness of the details to make sure no one can possibly puzzle together what happened. Maybe she's holding a rubber ducky or something.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-08-30T09:36:22Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 8