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Esoteric Maxims of Narrative Alchemy
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Across
- 1. Temporal dislocation in narrative chronology that challenges timeline linearity (9)
- 2. Rule warning that repeated pain thresholds in gaming storytelling raise realism’s eyebrows (9)
- 5. Plunging into narrative midstream, omitting conventional exposition (10)
- 6. Adjective inspired by melodramatic narrative turns resulting in an emotional flood (8)
- 9. Literary approach blending fable and realism, bending narrative plausibility (8)
Down
- 3. Authorial insistence that every introduced element must be essential (7)
- 4. Term for the internal world of a narrative, distinct from what’s shown directly (8)
- 7. Study of the structures and systems underpinning storytelling (11)
- 8. A plot device driving action but devoid of intrinsic significance (9)
- 10. Hypothetical shorthand for forbidden narrative coincidences criticized by purist theorists (8)
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