Stories of Suspense with a Sense of Humor
Mickey Hadick I didn’t always look this good. Learning what to wear is almost as important as learning what not to wear. My mother dressed me like a girl for the first three years of my life. The next three were my choice. I found blouse and skirt ensembles slimming. I wasn’t always so good with clothing. … Read more
When I was sixteen years old, I was about to play baseball and came upon a wounded bird part-way up the rightfield line during pre-game warmups. Wounded is too kind. This bird, a robin, had been maimed. It looked like it had been caught by a dog or cat that tore into it but lost … Read more
Script Gods Must Die
John Cleese mentioned that he subscribed to the Henri Bergson theory of laughter.
The unique perspective of Dramatica is to consider the story to be a mind that must work out a problem, and all the various characters are parts of that mind, and the way they interact in solving that problem is the story telling.