Showing posts with label story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label story. Show all posts
Monday, January 10, 2022

The Writer's Toolbox, Part I

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 Copyright 2022 by Gary L. Pullman Source: tornevalley.co.uk   A writer's toolbox contains instruments that are used to perform specific...
Thursday, October 14, 2021

Using Horror Movie Taglines to Develop Characters' Personality Traits (and Story Plots)

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 Copyright 2021 by Gary L. Pullman A movie poster tagline poses various questions related to WHO? (personal identity, agent, or agency),  W...
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...
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...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

Horror Story Plot Formulas

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman In every horror movie, there is, of course, a protagonist and an antagonist. For convenien...
Monday, June 1, 2020

Character in Action: It's Elemental

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Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman All elements of fiction besides those of character and action—conflict setting, point of view, ...
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...