5. Assumes Its Audience is Smart Enough To Follow Along
You won't often find any over explanations just like you won't find too many plot holes. The two storytelling devices writers often use when assuming their audience just might be dumber than a bag of bricks, Sleepy Hollow avoids them like the plague. When Ichabod references some fact from his time period that is in stark contrast to our present, he doesn't talk at length explaining the differences in then and now. He says it matter-of-factly. For instance, he might say, "Ms. Mills, it genuinely frightens me the speed at which you found out that rather esoteric piece of information from your... internet. In my day, I may have waited 2 months just to learn that recipe!" Ok, maybe he wouldn't be looking for a peach cobbler recipe but you get the drift (see what I did there?).