Posted by Peter Ceresole on November 09, 2008 at 15:24:56 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Tie points posted by John Wilson on November 09, 2008 at 12:36:16:
Re links to earlier stories, they often appear at the beginning of the story, eg in PM when the D's arrive at Beckfoot they look at Col Joly's card with phone number for fire fighting by the telephone, and recall the fire in PP.
Yes, but in that case it's an extremely practical device, and sets up the whole ending of PM. Without that early piece, he would have had to include a recap later on, when he was building up a nice head of steam, and it would have slowed it all down at a crucial moment.
AR was nothing if not technically proficient...