While rewatching Naked Gun, one of the many jokes popped out at me. It was when Frank Drebin and Ed go to leave the airport for the hospital. Drebin, aggravated by a piece of news about his ex’s new man, backs the car into an airport baggage train. After a long drive with some exposition … Continue reading Letting the Reader Figure It Out
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Unplanned Plant and Payoff
Adding new elements, characters, and plot lines are vital to push a story along and keep it fresh. However, the further into the story you are the more problematic these can be. Introducing a new character in the third act doesn’t leave much room to get across their backstory, personality, plot relevance, connections to the … Continue reading Unplanned Plant and Payoff