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Timeline
0:00 Intro
0:24 Surprises Are Better Than Suspense
1:25 Extrapolating Chekhov’s Gun Principles to the Whole Story
2:53 The Story Happens Before the Secret is Revealed
4:28 Narrative Efficiency is Always Better Than Digression
6:26 Payoff Should Come Quickly After the Set-Up
8:03 “And Then” is Good Enough
9:36 Staying Within the Circle of the Story
10:47 Originality is the Highest Goal
12:02 Showing is Always Better than Telling