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What’s in a quote: showing Chekov’s moon…

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” Anton Chekhov In this quote, the Russian writer Anton Chekov (1860–1904) was making clear reference to what has become stock advice for fiction writers on paper, screen and stage. Chekov was not alone. Henry James (1843–1916) is noted as…