Adding listeners for instances on other frames

Question

I'm trying to create a very standard menu, the type where there are links on each page that links to each other. So far I've put each menu page on a separate frame (total around 35 frames), and each link as its own instance/class. Originally I planned to create an array containing all the links like this:
var menuLinks:Array =
                            //Main menu - frame 1
                            menuRightSide.newStoryLink,
                            menuRightSide.continueStoryLink,
                            menuRightSide.selectChapterLink,
                            menuRightSide.optionsLink,
                            menuRightSide.charactersLink,
                            menuRightSide.aboutLink,
                            //chapters menu - frame 2
                            menuRightSide.chapter1,
                            menuRightSide.chapter2,
                            menuRightSide.chapter3,
                            menuRightSide.chapter4,
                            menuRightSide.chapter5,
                            //characters - frame 3
                            menuRightSide.char1,
                            menuRightSide.char2,
                            menuRightSide.char3,
                            menuRightSide.char4,
                            menuRightSide.char5,
                            menuRightSide.char6,
                            //options - frame 4
                            menuRightSide.languageLink,
                            menuRightSide.costumeLink,
                            //function links - these exist on MULTIPLE frames/pages, eg options, characters, chapters all have backToMainLink
                            menuRightSide.backToMainLink,
                            menuRightSide.backToCharLink,
                            menuRightSide.backToOptionsLink,
                            menuRightSide.backToCostumeLink,
                            ]; //create array of links for menus
            currentPage = "main_menu";
            for each (var links:MovieClip in menuLinks)
                links.buttonMode = true; //set links to behave like button
                links.mouseChildren = false; //mouse over does not affect this instance's children
                links.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, onOver);
                links.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, onOut);
                links.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
            function onOver(e:MouseEvent):void //apply glow to every link
                TweenMax.to(e.target, 1, {glowFilter:{color:0xFFFFFF, alpha:1, blurX:10, blurY:10}}); //glow effect
            function onOut(e:MouseEvent):void //remove glow on link on mouse out
                TweenMax.to(e.target, 1, {glowFilter:{color:0xFFFFFF, alpha:0, blurX:0, blurY:0, remove:true}}); //remove glow
            function onClick(e:MouseEvent):void
                currentPage = e.target.name;
                if (e.target.name == "newStoryLink") { //if click newStoryLink
                    delegate.beginStory();
                } else if (e.target.name == "optionsLink") { //if click optionsLink
                    TweenLite.to(menuRightSide, 0.2, {alpha:0, onComplete:menuRightSide.gotoAndStop, onCompleteParams:[45]}); //go to frame 45, options screen
                    TweenLite.to(menuRightSide, 0.2, {alpha:1, delay:0.2});
                } else if (e.target.name == "charactersLink") { //if click charactersLink
                    TweenLite.to(menuRightSide, 0.2, {alpha:0, onComplete:menuRightSide.gotoAndStop, onCompleteParams:[10]}); //go to frame 10, char screen
                    TweenLite.to(menuRightSide, 0.2, {alpha:1, delay:0.2});
                } else if (e.target.name == "aboutLink") { //if click aboutLink
                    TweenLite.to(menuRightSide, 0.2, {alpha:0, onComplete:menuRightSide.gotoAndStop, onCompleteParams:[180]}); //go to frame 180, about screen
                    TweenLite.to(menuRightSide, 0.2, {alpha:1, delay:0.2});
Basically adding listener for every link, then simply telling AS what to do when I click the link regardless of what page I'm currently on.
However the problem is I realized listeners can't be added for links that exist on other frames other than frame 1, because they're null I think until AS flips to that frame.
So does anyone have an idea on how I should code this? Another challenge is some links (the ones at the bottom of the array) exist on MULTIPLE frames, but perform the exact same thing regardless of which page it was clicked on.
Thanks.

Answer 1

I arranged them on separate frames because that way I know exactly what's on each page. If I simply list out all the links on one frame, then it gets extremely messy visually.
So if I want to add listeners on other frames, how would I do that? I know the pseudo-code:
on frame 1:
for (each link on frame 1) {
link.addEventListener()
on frame 2:
for (each link on frame 2) {
link.addEventListener()
... etc
function onClick(e:MouseEvent):void
                currentPage = e.target.name;
                if (e.target.name == "newStoryLink") {
                    delegate.beginStory();
                } else if (e.target.name == "continueStoryLink") {
                    //do something else