# Nathan Baugh - Chekhov's Gun (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png) ## Highlights - Russian playwright Anton Chekhov famously said: “If a gun is introduced in the first act of a play, it should be fired by the third.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0cawswkmxdrc182qjd5yp86)) ^528998731 - • Irrelevant elements should be removed from your story ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0cax0st0hj90kjwf0w5sd8w)) ^528998734 - Elements shouldn’t make “false promises” by never coming into play or by being less important than originally believed ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0cax3t7v9b9s49n94n77k1a)) ^528998738