T-Rex: Most detective stories reveal clues to the reader as they progress through the book, allowing them to unravel the mystery with the characters, and, if they're good, figure out the mystery before the detective does!
T-Rex: Not my detective story, you guys!!
T-Rex: MY detective doesn't show all the clues to the reader! He's always detecting stuff that the reader doesn't know and can't know, and at the end when he figures out the mystery, he arrests the murderer for reasons that we aren't privy to and that no careful reading of the text will ever reveal.
T-Rex: The end!
Utahraptor: Sounds pretty boring AND frustrating, T-Rex!
T-Rex: It's not! I added in some NARRATIVE TENSION too!
T-Rex: As the story progresses, the narrator increasingly gives up on the mystery ever being solved, and instead of describing the actions of the detective, indulges his interest in interior decoration and describes the curtains on the wall instead.
Utahraptor: Riveting!
T-Rex: It is!
T-Rex: I call my tale, "The Stabby Murderer Who Got Detected, Or, Wow Will You Look At These Curtains?"
T-Rex: Man, they say to write what you know, but I think they're just jealous of my awesome imagination!
