Calibrated Surprise: An Information-Theoretic Account of Creative Quality

ArXi:2604.26269v1 Announce Type: cross The essence of good creative writing is calibrated surprise: when constraints from all relevant dimensions act together, the feasible solution space collapses into a narrow region, and the surviving choices look least predictable from an unconstrained view. "Calibrated" has a precise meaning: the author's intent, the reader's reasonable expectation, and the logic of reality converge. When these three independent judgements agree on every dimension, the set of admissible writing choices is forced into a very small region.