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17.3: Chekov’s Surprising Yet Inevitable Inverted Gun

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How Do I Put a Gun on the Mantel?

The answer is very different for an animated show versus a cosy mystery novel. The monster at the end of this book, which we talked about a couple of episodes ago, you have grover, and you have the title, the title right there. That's the thing on the mantel. And that has to be delivered upon in a picture book. A dan's i am not a serial killer series a had a huge telegraphing problem because in i am nota serial killer, the first book, he has supernatural elements that don't really come into play in the story until a third or half way through the book. He had to figure out how to hang supernatural elements on

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