Chillers and Thrillers

is a blog on the theory and practice of writing horror fiction.

Showing posts with label character. Show all posts
Showing posts with label character. 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 ...
Thursday, October 14, 2021

Using Horror Movie Taglines to Develop Characters' Personality Traits (and Story Plots)

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 Copyright 2021 by Gary L. Pullman A movie poster tagline poses various questions related to WHO? (personal identity, agent, or agency),  W...
Monday, June 1, 2020

Character in Action: It's Elemental

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman All elements of fiction besides those of character and action—conflict setting, point of view, ...
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, August 15, 2019

Plotting by Poster

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Copyright 2019 by Gary L. Pullman In this post, I would like to suggest how movie posters can help to suggest plots. Before I get to ...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

Sketching Characters

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Copyright 2019 by Gary L. Pullman Falling Down : The adventures of an ordinary man at war with the everyday world Think of a few l...
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