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There’s a famous storytelling rule: if you show a gun on the wall in the first act, it better go off in the third. That’s Chekhov’s Gun.

Whether you're writing a novel, screenplay, video game, or short story, one of the most powerful storytelling tools is the character arc

In the world of mystery and crime thrillers, one of the most effective narrative tools is the MacGuffin—an object, person, or event

Cold opens—a bold, unannounced jump into the middle of the action. Often structured using the classic literary technique In Medias Res.

When you hear ‘Chekhov’s Gun,’ you probably think of a weapon on the wall that must go off by the end of the story. But in sci-fi and fantasy

While retcon can be a useful narrative device to fix plot holes, introduce new developments, or clarify confusing details,

Möbius strip of cause and effect—where time loops twist agency into paradox. In these loops, the same events unfold endlessly, or a future

Welcome to the world of reverse red herrings—where anagrams don’t just conceal secrets, they create illusions.

In science fiction and speculative thought, few images are as elegant and mind-bending as the Möbius strip. A simple loop with a twist,

Time loop stories love their paradoxes. They're built like Möbius strips: one twisted path, no clear beginning or end, just a continuous loop