Humor As A Context Clue
How comedy helps explain a nearly 100-year-old reference without needing ... references.
In today’s money, how much was £50 worth in 1938? Wait! Don’t look it up. You don’t have to.
An author’s goal is for readers to keep reading their work. But as a book ages, so too do many references within a narrative. Thus, authors need to use clever tools and tricks to give readers vital information about a story that might age with time but not force …
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