Anticipation is more than being
eager to find out what’s going to happen. When you anticipate something, you
predict events. You have an expectation.
The way things turn out will definitely affect how you feel about the story
you’re reading, but the anticipation part is nothing to do with what actually
ends up happening.
Because what creates anticipation
is not just a question without an answer, it has to be the kind of question
where the reader thinks they know what the answer is going to be.
Having no clue what’s going to
happen creates no anticipation. But when anticipation is at a high enough
level, it can be more exciting than the actual outcome.
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