Conceal Your Intentions

• By telling your plan and being honest about it makes you predictable
• Bland facial expression is the simplest smoke screen to hide your thoughts
• Another effective smoke screen is the pattern, the establishment of a series of actions that seduce the victim i...

• Learn everything you can about the period/culture you’re trying to portray.
• Create a believable universe, not a pretty backdrop.
• Invent creative solutions to your hero’s problems.
• Give overdone tropes an exciting twist to keep viewers guessing until the end.
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Guessing conveys a lack of surety. We use it to avoid lying or exaggerating, but it conveys our lack of knowledge.
Reframe that with '" expect" or "should" to convey confidence.