Showing posts with label cause. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cause. Show all posts
Thursday, April 2, 2020

The Dramatistic Pentad Plotting Method

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman   According to Kenneth Burke, human communication consists of answering six questions, to which...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Using Typical Genre Elements to Generate Horror Story Plots

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman By isolating the types of characters, actions, settings, processes, and motives or causes upon ...
Thursday, March 28, 2019

Plotting Board, Part 8

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Copyright 2019 by Gary L. Pullman Although there are several patterns of plots, one is the three-part structure described by Aristotle...
Saturday, February 9, 2019

Scenic Posters

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Copyright 2019 by Gary L. Pullman A common formula for many horror stories, whether written on the page or enacted on the soundstage...
Friday, December 28, 2018

Characters + Twist = Outcome

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman It's possible to analyze the plot dynamics of horror fiction, whether a particular narrative or...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Charles Fort

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman At the age of 42, Charles Fort inherited a small fortune from an uncle, which allowed him to quit work a...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Quick Tip: Monstrous Motivations

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman To start, let’s list a dozen horror stories and the antagonists, or monsters, which each of them features....