Showing posts with label paranormal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paranormal. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Structural Elements of Horror

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 Copyright 2021 by Gary L. Pullman An analysis of horror films discloses the use of a number of specific types of scenic elements that tend...
Thursday, July 1, 2021

Ethical and Metaphysical Implications of Supernatural Villains

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 Copyright 2021 by Gary L. Pullman    Twisted Tales series. Source: Amazon Like all other genres of fiction, the literature of horror, a typ...
Saturday, August 17, 2019

Scientist Turned Ghostbuster (and Vampirebuster)

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Copyright 2019 by Gary L. Pullman Are you afraid of vampires ? Do you sleep with a cross or a crucifix around your neck? Do...
Thursday, March 21, 2019

Plotting Board

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Copyright 2019 by Gary L. Pullman In this post, I offer a few tips on plotting, many of which are implied, if not directly stated in...
Saturday, June 30, 2018

Plot Generators: The Key to Writing a Series of Novels

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman As its name suggests, a plot generator generates plots for a series of stories, such as those which ...
Friday, November 11, 2011

The Machinery of Horror

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman Every horror story needs something to generate its action. Sometimes, this element is mentioned in...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Blurb Plotting, Part 2

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman In my previous blog, using Dean Koontz’s What the Night Knows , I demonstrated how an analysis of pub...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Blurb Plotting

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman According to The Free Dictionary , a blurb is “a brief publicity notice, as on a book jacket.” Howe...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Implications of the Fantastic

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman The fantastic. . . lasts only as long as a certain hesitation. . . [in deciding] whether or not what ...
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

Horror vs. Humor: A Case in Point

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullma “The Haunted House” episode of The Andy Griffith Show could easily have been a horror story rather than an...