It’s the struggle that really engages the audience, far more than the solution — it would be like having the final battle scene in Star Wars at the beginning of the movie, with the rest of the film dedicated to ‘happily ever after’.
If you race through the setup and struggle to get to the solution as quickly as possible, you’re making a mistake. It’s the struggle that really engages the audience, far more than the solution — it would be like having the final battle scene in Star Wars at the beginning of the movie, with the rest of the film dedicated to ‘happily ever after’.