Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought¶
Karlinsky, S., & Heim, M. H. (1975). Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought: Selected Letters and Commentary. University of California Press.
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- Setup and Payoff
- Chekhov's Gun is a prescriptive audit over that relation: conspicuous setups should have payoffs and important payoffs should have setup
This sourceChekhov's own formulations of the maxim run in one direction only - a conspicuously planted element must later be used; the converse requirement, that an important payoff must have been set up, is a later extension and not his.
- Chekhov's Gun is a prescriptive audit over that relation: conspicuous setups should have payoffs and important payoffs should have setup
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