Chekov's Gun: Does Anyone Still Use It?

[Desiderius Price]

6 hours ago, Anesor said:

That’s why I’m careful with my guns, I’ve seen too many in text and video where the hun was not only there but balloons and blinking lights were there.   I prefer the stage magician where a detail is there but unimportant. with red herrings added sometimes.

Dunno, it’s more fun playing with my gun.  

I like to strike a balance, I don’t every detail to be unimportant, but I don’t want every detail to be important either.  So, a blue herring in a bunch of red herrings might be very significant, or it might just be that the packer is color blind.

[Desiderius Price]

On 7/5/2017 at 8:57 AM, PenStoryTeller said:

But back to the matter of Chekov’s Gun. Remember, it is a tool. but like any tool the reader shouldonly be aware of it’s usage in hindsight if at all.Chekov’s gun, much like the red herring and the McGuffin are all elements of plot and plot is to a story what the skeleton is to a body. Just remember, the more others can see of your skeleton, the worse off you are.

11 hours ago, PenStoryTeller said:

PWP?

PWP – porn without plot, or as I prefer, “Plot, what Plot?” 

I suggested that as a PWP has no plot, it would have no skeleton to seen

 

[PenStoryTeller]

5 hours ago, Desiderius Price said:

PWP – porn without plot, or as I prefer, “Plot, what Plot?” 

I suggested that as a PWP has no plot, it would have no skeleton to seen

 

Well tecnically you can but you’d basically require eact paragraph or sentence to completely disjointed from the previous. It’d basically be like changing a tv channel every 10 seconds. The joke is, there are people who will still find some connecting thread.  Better phrase would be Porn Without Purpose. or Porn Without Presumption.

[PenStoryTeller]

12 hours ago, Anesor said:

That’s why I’m careful with my guns, I’ve seen too many in text and video where the hun was not only there but balloons and blinking lights were there.   I prefer the stage magician where a detail is there but unimportant. with red herrings added sometimes.

 Here take this random, seemingly unimportant and in no way critical item.

[Desiderius Price]

Just now, PenStoryTeller said:

 Here take this random, seemingly unimportant and in no way critical item.

Pay no attention to the significance of it being painted grass green, not to be confused with forest green.

[Anesor]

 

5 hours ago, PenStoryTeller said:

 Here take this random, seemingly unimportant and in no way critical item.

5 hours ago, Desiderius Price said:

Pay no attention to the significance of it being painted grass green, not to be confused with forest green.

… And MacGyver uses the dog’s striped suspenders to catch and throw away the grass green grenade...

Edited July 7, 2017 by Anesor
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