Chillers and Thrillers
is a blog on the theory and practice of writing horror fiction.
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Monday, October 18, 2021
It’s Thriller Time!
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Copyright 2021 by Gary L. Pullman As bestselling author James Patterson points out, thrillers, which span the whole spectrum of genres, a...
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Talking Pictures: Plotting through Image Analysis and Imaginative Elaboration
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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Characters, incidents, settings, processes, and motives are among the persons, places, and things t...
Sunday, July 12, 2020
Three Girls Walk into a Forest, and . . . .
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Girl Eaten by a Tree by Mark Ryden What strikes you about this picture? What is the first thing that draws your attention? ...
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Knowing Your Endgame
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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Flash fiction works well for horror. We have the word from both Edgar Allan Poe, who said that...
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...
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...
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