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First Draft - Peter Ho Davies (Returns)

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

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What's the Difference Between a Climax and an Emotional Mystery?

i think we can get really caret up. I see there's a lot inand my own work actually, but also in the work of the folks i teach wher. We're very interested in creating mystery because we want the reader to keep reading forward. But sometimes that manifest is what i call information or mystery. And often, i think revealing the informational mystery earlier allows us to concentrate on the emotional mystery, the really essential one. The right ending can also make us exhale with aesthetic satisfaction.

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