for example, in pulp fiction they were all connected in some pretty incredible ways but all the threads were baked into the plot from the beginning so that when they come together you fist-pump rather than face-palm.
There’s more I want to say about this. When viewers consume this type of story, they’re expected to come to the realization at some point of how all the disparate stories come together. Isn’t it crazy how things that seemed separate are actually connected? Do you know why they’re connected? BECAUSE THE WRITER WROTE IT THAT WAY. A writer …