Showing posts with label writer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writer. Show all posts
Saturday, July 31, 2021

Recommended Reading

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Copyright 2021 by Gary L. Pullman     Ambrose Bierce: “ The Damned Thing ,” “ A Tough Tussle ” Bierce's ideas are original and intrigu...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

How "Buffy" Was Written

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Copyright 2012 by Gary L. Pullman In The Watcher’s Guide, Volume 2 , the television series’ writer Jane Espenson explains the procedure ...
Monday, May 3, 2010

Generating, Heightening, and Maintaining Suspense

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman To create suspense, signal to the reader that something dire is about to happen. Use dramatic irony so tha...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

"Alien Androids": Another Plot-generating Method

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Writers often say that plotting their stories is one of the most daunting challenges they face. In previou...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Horror Masters

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Free of charge, at Horror Masters , such authors as Mary Shelley’s ( Frankenstein ), Bram Stoker’s ( Dracula ), Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lov...
Saturday, January 2, 2010

Quick Tip: 12 Methods of Characterization

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman There are at least a dozen ways by which a writer can characterize his or her characters: Comment directly...
Saturday, May 2, 2009

Horror As Allegory

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman Why do we need allegories? Why, instead of beating around the bush, don’t we just come right out with what...
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Grist For The Mill

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman For a writer, all is grist for the mill, and anyone who has studied Stephen King, for example, or even vis...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

Writers’ Considerations: Readers’ Likes and Dislikes

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman While it is true that a writer should not let his or her writing be determined solely by readers’ observa...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

Motivation as Explanation

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman In earlier posts, we have considered the nature of evil as various horror writers have defined it. Some h...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Write What You Know (But What Does That Mean?)

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman Aspiring writers are often advised to write about what they know. This is sound advice. However, those who...
Thursday, May 29, 2008

Everyday Horrors: Abandoned Houses

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman When we were boys, my younger brother and I, roaming the neighborhood, or “exploring,” as we preferred to ...
Friday, March 7, 2008

Visualizing Horror: Movie Posters

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Copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman For writers, horror is primarily a matter of action described in words. For illustrators, horror is primar...