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Black Swan, The Father, and The Turn of the Screw: when the audience never gets to know what's real
A twist is used up by the first viewing. This technique is not.
Sep 29
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Cassia Rook
Eighty pages versus one paragraph: how book openings changed
A book’s opening is a door. It tells you very little about the size of the house.
Sep 22
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Cassia Rook
Retelling versus updating: what separates a real retelling from a borrowed one
A retelling earns its source. An update only borrows the name on the cover.
Sep 15
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Cassia Rook
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What Edith Wharton knew about money that contemporary novelists have forgotten
Wharton names the sum. Most novels about wealth just show us the watch.
Sep 8
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Cassia Rook
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Cold opens and the slow build of wrongness: Oscar Wilde and Get Out
Basil Hallward has painted the best picture of his life and will not show it to anyone.
Sep 1
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Cassia Rook
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