Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas anticipation of a consequence enlarges our understanding of what is happening.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.
I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time.
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.
Surprises can be compelling.
I quite like the element of surprise, and as much as I have my ideas, I always appreciate ideas that come from other people as well, and I love the mystery of not knowing.
Nobody knows what anticipation is anymore. Everything is so immediate.
I think surprises make TV entertaining.
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
Writing is a journey of discovery because until you start, you never know what will happen, and you can be surprised by what you do - expect the unexpected!