Musings on Reader Expectations
SPOILER WARNINGS: Shazam!, Pet Sematary (2019)
There’s the old saw about how there are only seven plot lines. Or twelve. Or everything’s based on Shakespeare. Or, to get biblical, “There is no new thing under the sun.” This is a true thing about telling stories.
Another true thing about telling stories: audiences find delight in being surprised. I, in par…