by Cole Salao
Normally, horror relies on suggestions, implications, and suspense to build up the anxiety that makes your heart race. Take all of that away and you get splatterpunk—a horror subgenre that shows you everything there is to horror. Known as a subgenre without limits,...
by Cole Salao
A frame story (also called a frame narrative, framing device, or frame tale) is a literary technique where an overarching narrative is used to set up one or more stories. It is placed at the beginning and end of the narrative, creating the “frame” of which...
by Cole Salao
Have you ever watched a movie or read a book and found yourself thinking, “What are they doing?” If you repeat this question frequently throughout one story, then you’re probably looking at an idiot plot. As said by famed film critic Roger Ebert, the...
by Cole Salao
Palindromes are words, phrases, or any sequence of characters that are spelled the same way backward and forward. So when written and viewed on a mirror, these words will still appear the same. The term comes from the Greek word palindromos which means “running...
by Cole Salao |
The romance genre’s extremely varied amount of stories and equally diverse fans make it hard to pinpoint what makes it so popular. What is certain though, is that romance is a billion-dollar industry that constantly churns out bestsellers each year. In 2016...
