http://www.hackingchinese.com/a-language-learners-guide-to-wuxia-novels/
This was originally published in a newspaper, and Wang Dulu wrote it so that new readers could jump into the story without reading the first few chapters. How does he do this? About once ever chapter or two, there is a brief recap, which usually goes like this:
Character A: What is going on?
Character B: It all started when… [recap]
This is excellent for Chinese learners. If there is something the reader didn’t quite understand, and it’s important, it will get mentioned in a recap.