Chillers and Thrillers
is a blog on the theory and practice of writing horror fiction.
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Sunday, July 4, 2010
On the Heels of Sudden Death "Under the Dome"
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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman On the heels of her husband’s sudden death, after thirty years of service as Chester’s Mill police chief, ...
Friday, July 2, 2010
Sudden Death "Under the Dome"
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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman The first 57 pages of Stephen King’s latest novel Under the Dome , detail the immediate consequences of t...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Discerning Meaning, or The Theme of the Story
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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman One of the skills that we learn fairly early in our academic careers is how to spot the key idea of a pass...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Quick Tip: Theme As Lesson
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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman The theme of a story is frequently defined as the point, meaning, or moral of the story, the lesson that t...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The Reestablishment of Order as the Restoration of Faith
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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman Horror fiction often establishes a norm that it then violates. In Stephen King‘s fiction, the norm is usu...
Sunday, April 26, 2009
The Value of Literature
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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman Fiction begins with empathy, as a writer imagines what it would be like to be another individual. He or sh...
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