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