[ SECRET POST #2574 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2574 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[tenlittlebullets]

Not all of the people are going to get it. And that's fine. Think of canon! Think of all the bizarre interpretations and incomprehensible characterizations and general failures to Get It. All you really need is a surface plot most people will get and then the deeper layers... will be picked up on by whichever subsets of your audience are good at picking up on things. Even if they can't consciously articulate it, having underlying connections and coherencies will make the whole thing feel more solidly written.

That said, the careful parcelling out of clues and information that makes the surface plot make sense is an important writing skill that you'll just have to learn by practice. It can probably also help give you a sense of how to parcel out indications of the deeper stuff to best effect, but that's not absolutely essential for a good, layered story IMO. It just sweetens the deal. (Read mysteries. Pay attention to which ones are too easy to guess, which ones have a reveal that seems to come out of nowhere, and which ones hit that sweet spot of dawning realization and hints that suddenly make sense in retrospect. I haven't watched third season of BBC Sherlock yet, but the first two contain many instructive examples of how not to do it.)