In my Sci-Fi novel I have a chapter where my MC and friends are lured into an ambush. A fight follows and then they argue about who and why this ambush took place.
My wife suggested that I write a chapter before the ambush where the bad guys plan the ambush, letting the reader know the who and the why before it happens.
I tried to think back to novels I read to see if I can conclude which scenario I prefer. I came to the conclusion that they both have their merits, therefore I have no preference. So the idea came to make a survey. This is my attempt at a survey.
As a reader, do you prefer the surprise of an ambush learning afterwards the who and the why? Or do you prefer knowing in advance and seeing the events develop with this knowledge? Maybe like me, you don’t have a preference.
Foreknowledge or surprise, which do you prefer?
My wife suggested that I write a chapter before the ambush where the bad guys plan the ambush, letting the reader know the who and the why before it happens.
I tried to think back to novels I read to see if I can conclude which scenario I prefer. I came to the conclusion that they both have their merits, therefore I have no preference. So the idea came to make a survey. This is my attempt at a survey.
As a reader, do you prefer the surprise of an ambush learning afterwards the who and the why? Or do you prefer knowing in advance and seeing the events develop with this knowledge? Maybe like me, you don’t have a preference.
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