Showing posts with label characters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label characters. Show all posts
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...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

The Z Plot

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Although it would be ludicrous to suggest that a story could follow a “Z” plot, the concept is, never...
Friday, March 13, 2020

Make Sure that Your Story's Monster Is Integral to Its Setting: Aristotle and Poe Insist upon It

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Judging by its trailer, the monster of The Sand (2015) is integral to the movie's setting: ...
Sunday, March 8, 2020

Damsels (and Villains) in Distress

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman     Horror movies often put characters in compromising situations—circumstances or conditions in...
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...
Saturday, July 21, 2018

Edgar Allan Poe: Character Studies or Depictions of Aberrant Behavior?

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman Egaeus, the narrator of Edgar Allan Poe's “ Berenice: A Tale ,” which was published in the...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

Context and Conundrum

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman Like all other types of fiction, the horror genre creates, maintains, and heightens suspense--in othe...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Quick Tip: Let Your Setting Suggest Your Characters

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman A middle school literature textbook presents three lines of dialogue between two characters, asking studen...
Sunday, September 7, 2008

Frustrating Formulaic Fiction

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman Genre fiction is formulaic fiction. It must be. There’s an unwritten law somewhere that requires it t...