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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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