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Chekhov's gun (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 6 days ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

There are some times that readers may be frustrated by an item not being put to use later in the story, such as a red herring in a mystery. But like you noted, the real world is full of red herrings, so it can be used to great artistic effect!