Audience knowledge
Tracking what readers vs characters know — core of suspense design.
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Glossaries · Suspense & revelation
Tension, mystery, irony, and information control.
Tracking what readers vs characters know — core of suspense design.
Two-step revelation — first answer opens a deeper question.
When the reader knows something a character does not — tension from the gap.
When the central story question changes — old question answered or abandoned.
Readers could deduce the solution from clues already shown — trust contract.
Major disclosure at the story center that reframes strategy.