The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is one of Dahl's lighter stories, and the 41-minute movie was universally praised by critics. The Swan is the darkest story the filmmaker has ever told. Rupert Friend plays the adult Peter Watson who, in the third-person, tells the tale of the sweet,...
Stories need characters. It is possible to tell a story with just the narrator, but who would want to read it? There are manydifferent types of characters. Include a couple in your essay. Conflict Conflicts are problems in the story that the main character faces. Your characters don’t hav...
A critical introduction will take into account these theories and lead into a collection of five short stories written from a filmmaking perspective. The collection of work provided represents an attempt to break stereotype in the construction and formatting of what is considered standard short story ...
Writing short stories is an invaluable way to grow your writing craft. Learn how to write a short story with this article.
Part OneEssential Elements of Short Stories Chapter One Plot Definition of Plot The plot is how the author arranges events to develop his basic idea. In other words,what is more important for a writer is not the simple setting down of events,but rather the arrangement of those events ...
Made just a few years out of the silent era and it's already parodying many of the story elements from that era - the simple, moralistic stories, the stiffness, the preaching, even the technical side of the silents (specifically, the flashback scene where the "fatal glass" is imbibed,...
Fifi Blows Her Top: Directed by Jules White. With Joe Besser, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Wanda Ottoni. The stooges reminisce about their wartime romances in Europe. After they finish their tales, they discover that Joe's girl Fifi, whom he left behind in Pa
Short stories usually cover a short period of time. There might be a single significant event for the main character or the (connected) events of a single day or even just an hour or two. A short story is often less about the action and more about a message or thread of meaning runnin...
“The Immortal Cloud” by Isaac Asimov – A light-hearted tale about a cloud made entirely of immortal beings that accidentally disrupts the world’s population and environment while trying to expand their horizondating back from around 1968 when it was first published in “Amazing Stories”. “...
The Mangaka's Other Stories Allumage (Short Story) \\ Brynhildr in the Darkness (Manga/Anime Series) \\ Elfen Lied (Short Story) \\ MOL (Short Story) \\ Nononono (Manga Series) \\ You Are Indecent, My Queen (Manga Series) \\ Other Works (General) Site Guidev...