Readers regularly ask what can go wrong but almost never what could positively surprise.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
One of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that are not predictable.
I want the reader to know what's going on. So there's never a mystery in my books.
I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.
What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
If something's not working, it's wonderful to have a reader you can trust to say, 'Actually, you've gone off the deep end here'.
I really like it when you can step outside of what's come before and find a surprise for the reader and find a surprise for yourself.
Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
Surprises can be compelling.
To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.
I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore I'm always pleasantly surprised.