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mysteryofthefieryeye t1_j67g7cv wrote

Isn't the Harry Potter series full of these things? Stuff from book 1 resolves or is explained in like Books 5 and 7, etc etc (things from each book play roles in subsequent books)... I no longer have the memory to recall examples, but I was always impressed with her attention to detail or impressed by the amount of patience she had to keep so many secrets for so many pages.

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yallscrazy t1_j681eob wrote

Yes but it's not really chekovs gun stuff that often, because for that you have to have planned to use it whereas JK tends to just act like she planned it the whole time.

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PerpetuallyLurking t1_j68rmv9 wrote

…and GRRM calls the same technique his “gardening method” of writing…throw something out there and find a use for it later.

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yallscrazy t1_j69bmk1 wrote

I'm not so sure that's the same thing as what JK does.

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