TUVOK: “That is an entirely implausible plot development. Captain Janeway would never behave in such an inhumane manner.” TOM PARIS: “This isn’t real life, Tuvok. It’s fiction. Don’t get so caught up in logic.” TUVOK: “Logic is an integral part of narrative structure. According to The Dictates of Poetics by T’Hain of Vulcan, a character’s… Continue reading Even in galaxies far, far away… writers be trippin’.
(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. 