Fabula
Narrative Connection
Causal strong strength

Narrative Connection

How these two moments in the story relate


Why These Connect

The narrative assertion

"Catherine is rattled by the news that Lynn knows Tommy is Ryan's father and so Catherine experiences a vivid hallucination of her deceased daughter Becky in the patrol car's rearview mirror, causing her to reel from the re-emerging trauma."

About Causal Connections

A directly causes B. The first event sets forces in motion that produce the second. These are the load-bearing connections of plot--remove one and the story structure collapses.