Showing posts with label H. G. Wells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label H. G. Wells. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Hop-Frog: A Story of Reversals

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman   As a rule of thumb, a writer introduces his or her story’s protagonist before the antagonist makes an ...
Sunday, May 23, 2021

Just What I Needed: Another Exercise!

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  Copyright 2021 by Gary Pullman   We not only learn new skills but hone old ones by pausing in plotting, writing, and revision to pract...
Friday, March 5, 2021

Lens Crafters, or Yggsdrasil: A World Among Worlds

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 Copyright 2021 by Gary L. Pullman   Like other genre fiction (and, indeed, art in general), horror fiction is mostly a matter of metaphor. ...
Saturday, August 1, 2020

Benefits of Alternate Endings: Pick One

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman It was fashionable in Hollywood, at one time, to produce movies that have alternate endings . Holl...
Friday, April 17, 2020

The Means to an End, or Catch and Release

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 Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman In plotting horror fiction, as in other genres, it helps to think of the phrase “a means to ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

The Horror of Objective and Subjective Threats

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Some horror fiction, both on the page and on the sound stage, features threats which are both ob...
Monday, April 6, 2020

"Shadowed": An Amusing Vignette

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman   Shadowed (2020), directed by David F. Sandberg, star his wife, Lotta Losten, and five shadow p...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

The Thrill of It All, Part 3

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Writers are often encouraged to “show” rather than to “tell,” as if their novels and short stori...