Welcome back to the Jaws universe and the second part of my characterisation study. I trust that you haven’t had any shark problems between then and now…I’ve been swimming in the sea between posts and managed to thoroughly creep myself out at the sight of a triangular shaped buoy! Part one focused on two important…
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Characterisation in Jaws Part 1
After re-watching Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975), I realised that forty-four years have done nothing to remove it from its position at the top of the food chain. A feat of incredible storytelling, it contains some of the most memorable characters ever created; characters that have much to teach us about writing believable human beings of…
Using a Time Limit in Your Story
After finishing the first novel in the Ringu trilogy by Koji Suzuki last week it was clear I hadn’t devoured a book so quickly in a long time. For those of you who haven’t read it or seen the film (the Japanese or American version), the basic plot is that of a journalist who, after…