Visual Note · scene craft
A Scene Is a Pressure System
A scene moves when desire meets resistance, and the pressure changes what each character can do next.
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Visual Note · unreliable narration
An Unreliable Narrator Can Fail in Four Ways
Unreliable narration is not one kind of dishonesty: a narrator can misreport, misread, misjudge, or withhold.
Visual Note · revision
Good Sentence, Wrong Place
A beloved sentence can be beautifully written and still belong somewhere else.
Visual Note · Gothic fiction
The Gothic Setting Is Not Just Atmosphere
A Gothic place does more than look ominous: it limits movement, stores history, and pressures the people inside it.
Visual Note · screen craft
When the Camera Lies
A screen image is not automatically objective: framing, editing, sound, and point of view decide what the audience can believe.
Visual Note · point of view
Who Speaks? Who Sees?
The distinction between narrator and focalizer can clarify many point-of-view problems.