by Cole Salao
Science tells us that people love being scared, and book and film sales seem to support that claim. After all, horror is one of the biggest genres across all types of media, whether it’s on the page or the big screen. There’s just something that keeps us...
by Cole Salao
Serial fiction is rapidly making a comeback as one of the most popular forms of literary entertainment. Its bite-sized story format makes it massively appealing to an audience that increasingly prefers convenient and easily digestible entertainment. You can follow or...
by Cole Salao
Contronyms (also called autoantonyms and Janus words) are words with two meanings that contradict each other. Think of them as a combination of a homonym (words with similar spelling or pronunciation) and an antonym (words with opposite meaning). A contronym is...
by Cole Salao |
In literature, a serial is any work (often fictional) that is published in small, consecutive installments. Think of them as the literary form of TV episodes. It’s not simply breaking down a book and publishing it chapter by chapter. Rather, each installment can...
by Cole Salao
There is often confusion when defining what eucatastrophe and deus ex machina are. Both are plot devices used to indicate a turn of events that is beneficial to your protagonist and leads to a happy ending. It may seem like I’m splitting hairs here, but trust...
