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SIMPLY WRITING – Chekhov’s Gun

Michelle Somers May 11, 2018 Simply Writing tips Leave a Comment

Pretty much every writer out there has heard about Chekhov’s gun at some point or another in their writing career. The saying goes something like this: ‘If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on a wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely …

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