Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-26537256-20160716142055/@comment-29015383-20160717085050

Cappka wrote: You misunderstood the first edition (which is understandable), and Jay ten got it after about an hour.

Christian never finished it ("And as for the second half I literally could not tell you what is happening. I gave up."), and the end basically reveals what's happening (or that was my original intention). Okay, chiming in about this: If it takes an hour to understand the story, then it wasn't clear enough in the first place. Leaving things vague is only effective if you give enough clues so that there is only one logical explanation left. See the story as a puzzle made from 100 pieces. You set up all 99 pieces in their right order all neatly put together, then you hand us the last piece on a silver platter and allow us to put that in ourselves. Tada, we finished the picture and feel smart about it to boot.

Also, saying that someone doesn't understand the story because he didn't finish it is not a fault of the reader but the fault of the writer. It is up to YOU to hold our attention and make us want to finish the story.