Picture this: you just finished your newly furnished blog, and it’s all set for you to post on your site. Even before deciding to have it published online, you already have a few of your friends and relatives giving you flattery comments for a job well done. Well, who could blame them? You did a...
For any who are not familiar with the term, “Chekhov’s gun” is a literary term referring to objects mentioned in fiction. The principle, coined by Anton Chekhov, stipulates that if an object is mentioned, it must become directly relevant to the plot. While this is a valid principle, it can sometimes lead to sloppy writing,...
We’ve all seen them. We all know them. Here are the top 8 infomercial clichés: The World of Black and White “The Black and White World”, aka pre “Tub Scrub Shazam 4000”, is a wretched, horrifying, nightmarish purgatory of dirty siding and broken dreams. The lonely world of black and white, inhabited solely by sweating,...
Every villain has a plot; some nefarious scheme structured to undermine the hero, law and order, even the world itself. The villain’s plot is vital to the structure of the villain him/herself as it is the physical representation of their inner motives. Being that the villain’s plot is so critical to both the villain and...
