Writing Advice
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Suspense vs. Surprise: A Hitchcockian Look at the Clip “When Adele Was Jenny”
It’s a very familiar explanation and always worth repeating. Here’s Alfred Hitchcock: There is a distinct difference between “suspense” and “surprise,” and yet many pictures continually confuse the two. I’ll explain what I mean. We are now having a very innocent little chat. Let’s suppose that there is a bomb underneath this table between us. Continue reading
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Buster Keaton and The Art of Showing (Not Telling)
Every aspiring creative writer hears it at some point:. It’s one of those great phrases that sound cryptic and meaningful and take a while to puzzle out. Yes, yes, young grasshopper, I see you’ve written some words on the page here, and I see you’re trying to do something like write fiction, a craft I myself Continue reading
Jacke Wilson 