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    Narrative Structure Entry #0541

    The reason a chronology is rarely the best order

    Events happened in one order. They become interesting in another, because interest depends on what the audience already knows and time does not track that.

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    The hidden part #0541

    Chronology orders events by cause. Attention orders them by consequence, and the audience only has access to the second.

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