Showing posts with label setting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label setting. Show all posts
Saturday, October 16, 2021

Creating an Eerie Setting and Tone, Part II

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 Copyright 2021 by Gary L. Pullman   In the first part of this series , we considered this same topic. In this post, we take a look at it fr...
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...
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 ...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Horror Movies Are Mysteries, Too

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Many horror stories are mysteries which typically follow a well-established format: An unknow...
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: ...
Friday, November 9, 2018

The Covers of Gothic Romance Pulp Fiction Novels: Advertising a Genre

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman The covers of Gothic romance pulp fiction novels tip us off to the nature of the genre's fi...
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Sunday, September 30, 2018

Setting: More Than Merely Time and Place

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman In horror stories, as in other types of fiction, setting may be, and often is, more than merely ti...