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As codified by pulp novelist [[Raymond Chandler]], Chandler's Law is a concise but evocative piece of advice for writers who have somehow painted themselves into a corner, plotwise. The addition of a new opponent or complication, usually amidst a burst of violence, can free a protagonist from where he has become mired in the current plot. |
As codified by pulp novelist [[Raymond Chandler]], [[Chandler's Law]] is a concise but evocative piece of advice for writers who have somehow painted themselves into a corner, plotwise. The addition of a new opponent or complication, usually amidst a burst of violence, can free a protagonist from where he has become mired in the current plot. |
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Although expressed in a form very specific to the genre in which Chandler was writing, the Law can be easily generalized to handle any type of story. |
Although expressed in a form very specific to the genre in which Chandler was writing, the Law can be easily generalized to handle any type of story. |
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