How to Grab Us With Your Setting

[A setting should make] a promise to you that this story will

lead somewhere that's worth your timeA well told promise is
like a pebble being pulled back in a slingshot and propels you
forward through the story to the end. -Andrew Stanton

What promise is made in our examples?

How to Grab Us With Your Setting

Were born problem solvers. We're compelled to deduce and to

deduct, because that's what we do in real life. It's this well-
organized absence of information that draws us in -Andrew
Stanton

What questions are left open in our examples?