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#26 2011-11-23 11:33:55
- Andres-Vander
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Re: I've come up with the best chapter title ever! :D
calebxy wrote:
Andres-Vander wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Chekhov's Gun is a literature term, so me essentially calling a chapter after a literature term, but with a slight twist, is funny, no?No... I don't see why that would be funny
It's like calling someone in a story Mr Redshirt, or something, just for them to be killed immediately!
Fine.
If it's not subtle, it's not a Chekhov's gun. You use that term when something that's introduced in the story later comes back when it's not expected to
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#27 2011-11-23 12:35:53
Re: I've come up with the best chapter title ever! :D
Andres-Vander wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Andres-Vander wrote:
No... I don't see why that would be funnyIt's like calling someone in a story Mr Redshirt, or something, just for them to be killed immediately!
Fine.If it's not subtle, it's not a Chekhov's gun. You use that term when something that's introduced in the story later comes back when it's not expected to
1: I know
2: No one ever said it had to be subtle (apart from you, of course).
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#28 2011-11-23 15:51:47
- Andres-Vander
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- Registered: 2010-09-16
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Re: I've come up with the best chapter title ever! :D
calebxy wrote:
Andres-Vander wrote:
calebxy wrote:
It's like calling someone in a story Mr Redshirt, or something, just for them to be killed immediately!
Fine.If it's not subtle, it's not a Chekhov's gun. You use that term when something that's introduced in the story later comes back when it's not expected to
1: I know
2: No one ever said it had to be subtle (apart from you, of course).
"Chekhov's gun is a literary technique whereby an apparently irrelevant element is introduced early in the story whose significance becomes clear later in the narrative"
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#29 2011-11-23 15:53:44
Re: I've come up with the best chapter title ever! :D
Andres-Vander wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Andres-Vander wrote:
If it's not subtle, it's not a Chekhov's gun. You use that term when something that's introduced in the story later comes back when it's not expected to1: I know
2: No one ever said it had to be subtle (apart from you, of course)."Chekhov's gun is a literary technique whereby an apparently irrelevant element is introduced early in the story whose significance becomes clear later in the narrative"
Ah, well spotted! Well, it did seem irrelevant at the time it was it was introduced in my story.
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