Visual Note · Poe
Begin With the Effect You Want to Leave
A story becomes more coherent when its details are tested against the experience they are building towards.
Short visual explorations
Visual Notes
Short visual explorations of writing, narrative craft, literature, and storytelling.
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.