How to withhold information without frustrating the reader
Red herrings, twists, and playing with reader assumptions
I recently saw a short film that blew me away and left me thinking about an aspect of story that I haven’t discussed here before.
Naturally, that excited me, because I often feel like I’ve discussed everything there is to discuss about craft, sometimes many times over. A topic I haven’t covered? Hooray! I basically ran to my keyboard.
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