satisfied by the payoff
18th June 2017 | for Creatives | reading, writing, writer-reader relationship, storytelling, Shawn Coyne |
"By Story’s end, the listener or reader or watcher has to be at the very least surprised and satisfied by the payoff of the Story’s initial promise."
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