A Japanese monk once told me a secret…

A Japanese monk once told me a secret that changed my writing forever.
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Okay, let’s take a pause. Do you see what’s happening?
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In the first sentence, I opened a loop. As a reader, you would be curious to see how this story develops. And this curiosity (hopefully) will pull you in and make you read the rest of the post.
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Open loops create curiosity and retain attention. But yes, at some point, the loop needs to be closed.
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And this is exactly what the Japanese monk told me.