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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.

    Adept
    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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    Narrative Structure Entry #0549

    The reason a documentary’s first minute decides the audience

    The commitment to keep watching is made before any argument is presented, and it is made from material chosen to be committed to.

    Master
    The hidden part #0549

    The opening competes against leaving, not against rival arguments. Whoever left is not in the sample that praises the evidence.

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