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Topic : Re: Hooking the reader by omitting a piece of information I'm writing a short story. I decided to opening it in the following way: We were in Y, doing Z when she mentioned X. I wasn't sure whether - selfpublishingguru.com

Annie587

: Re: Hooking the reader by omitting a piece of information I'm writing a short story. I decided to opening it in the following way: We were in Y, doing Z when she mentioned X. I wasn't sure whether

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I think it's a good technique. In my opinion, to resolve the mystery too quickly. If you're going to create a mystery, resolving it in one paragraph just seems too fast for me.

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