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    Narrative Structure Entry #0533

    The reason a sequel changes the original

    No frame of the first instalment is edited, and yet a throwaway line is now a plant and a scene that was suspense has become dread.

    Adept
    The hidden part #0533

    A sequel edits the reading, not the reel. Once the new fact is held, the innocence of the first viewing is unrecoverable.

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    Attention & Memory Entry #0193

    The reason a story is easier to remember than a list

    A list gives memory nothing to hold on to. A story supplies causal links, and each link is a route back to the item on the other side of it.

    Novice
    The hidden part #0193

    A list stores items. A story stores routes between items, and a route can be walked from either end.

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