Gary has made this note in his reading notebook. Student Work Slowly giving readers answers moves story along. This note refers to which central idea found in A Simple Way to Create Suspense?

Gary’s note says that revealing answers slowly moves a story along. This matches the idea that a story’s narrative fuel comes from gradually unveiling its final answer. Choice D states that central idea, while the other choices focus on specific examples or a different structure.

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