(Originally posted on Writingscape V2.0 on 8/7/2011) I got the greatest laugh ever when longtime ABC drama General Hospital pulled a terrific piece of characterization out of its trick bag last week for Harbinger of Death and longtime villainess Helena Cassadine. You see, a veteran GH viewer already knows that Helena is one of the… Continue reading Characterization: When the clothes make the woman.
(Originally posted on Writingscape V.2 on 7/14/2011) I’m sitting here watching one of my favorite episodes from one of the best classic shows ever — “The Sixth Finger” (1963) of vintage Outer Limits fame — on the Chiller Channel. And one of my favorite examples of foreshadowing just happened. David McCallum’s poor, tragic character, disenchanted… Continue reading Foreshadowing: Of course, he was talking about a desk job.
Manuscript. Head. Drawer. 