17.3: Chekov’s Surprising Yet Inevitable Inverted Gun
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Your Hosts: Howard Tayler, Kaela Rivera, Sandra Tayler, and Megan Lloyd
This week we're talking about giving inevitability to our intended surprise, and we open with a discussion of Chekov's Gun, which, as a writing rule, is mostly used in inversion.
Next week we'll focus on making inevitable things surprising.
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Credits: This episode was recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson
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