: Re: Is there a way to add discovery into a short story? I'm planning on writing a short story and I'm just wondering if it'd be possible to add an element of discovery into it. I think it'd

It is in fact positive to not overwhelm and bore the readers at the start with a lot of details about characters they feel no connection with.

Connection to a character comes through seeing how he acts, in the best case the reader may even impersonate himself with the character, feel so bound to it to almost feel the story on his skin.

I would start with a fast-paced action lasting a chapter or two. Seeing what the protagonist will do when in trouble will be both more relevant to the story and interesting than a random list of qualities and characteristics.

After this introduction, you may stop and (briefly) explain explicitly what could not be deduced by reading the above introduction.

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