giving writers: identity
I thought there was room to squeeze in another Halloween special before the magic begins; and what better than an article on the hottest creepy subgenre of recent times! Now largely undefined by location or tropes, ‘folk horror’ was originally used to describe a particular genre of British films spanning the late 1960s to 1970s….
Welcome back to my characterisation exploration! I trust 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. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, I suggest you read part…
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…