Showing posts with label back story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label back story. Show all posts
Thursday, July 28, 2011

A Sidebar Approach to Writing

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a " sidebar " is " a short news story o...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Image and Imagination

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman Like many who are interested in horror fiction, I occasionally indulge myself by perusing online image...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Redemption, Vengeance, Love, Hatred--Call It What You Will, It's Still Free Will

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman Unlike animal behavior, human conduct is motivated (at times, at least). There is a reason for what...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Quick Tip: Connect the Nouns

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman In school, we’re taught that a noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, quality, or idea. In a s...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

"Alien Androids": Another Plot-generating Method

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Writers often say that plotting their stories is one of the most daunting challenges they face. In previou...
Sunday, March 7, 2010

How To Haunt A House, Part VII

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman In the first installment of this series, I listed some of the films which feature haunted houses. In this ...
Thursday, December 24, 2009

Blind Panic, The First 10 Chapters and the Final One: A Study of Technique

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman The withholding of the cause of a whole series of unusual or bizarre events until well into the narrative ...
Friday, December 18, 2009

Horror as Image and Word

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman What’s scary? Deprivation. No, I don’t mean missing a meal or not being able to buy an outfit. I mean not ...