I like the music analogy (and the Doctor Who example, because I really loved seeing SJS and the Doctor reunite in that episode) very much -- and this too:
It's not whether we know what the twist is, it's whether a) we weren't supposed to know and the author totally failed in the subtlety/foreshadowing department, or b) we're supposed to know, just for the dramatic tension.
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Date: 2010-10-21 10:36 pm (UTC)It's not whether we know what the twist is, it's whether a) we weren't supposed to know and the author totally failed in the subtlety/foreshadowing department, or b) we're supposed to know, just for the dramatic tension.
Succinctly put.