Write for an audience, read the other work that audience reads, that will help you get a sense of whether something is going to be surprising to them. Here is

Write for an audience, read the other work that audience reads, that will help you get a sense of whether something is going to be surprising to them. Here is a longer lecture on a similar idea from U Chicago Writing Program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzMaLkCaM&t=3s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzMaLkCaM&t=3s