In mystery stories, one commonly used
plot device is the red herring, which involves false information that
diverts the audience's attention away from something important. This
method is often forgiveable, especially when it is easy to make
incorrect assumptions despite the truth being available. Human
emotions can easily distract, so when these are emphasized in a story
and key elements are overlooked, the audience will appreciate their
discovery of the truth later, especially when they can look back and
see what they missed. However, bad writing sometimes involves a red
herring that is not paired with any useful information at all, so
when the big surprise is revealed at the end, people will be angry if
they never had even a small chance to figure it out in the first
place.
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