tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post9105767977425798856..comments2024-03-28T10:41:26.999-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: The Maguffin Plot DeviceDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-18068378478192990392015-03-24T07:31:24.296-06:002015-03-24T07:31:24.296-06:00Interesting post, Heidi! This is a new thought, on...Interesting post, Heidi! This is a new thought, one worth more than passing consideration. In my first novel, the Maguffin is a place, now that I think about it. In the second, which I am currently expanding, it is, I believe, a person, one who appears some 300 pages into the story but whose existence is a focal point almost from the beginning. "Fascinating," as our recently departed Mr. Spock would have said. Linda Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056682992943171805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-69419352686696271282015-03-23T10:01:22.432-06:002015-03-23T10:01:22.432-06:00You got me thinking if most novels have a mcguffin...You got me thinking if most novels have a mcguffin. Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-20004250973333455912015-03-23T08:26:44.592-06:002015-03-23T08:26:44.592-06:00Here's another famous 'macguffin', Hei...Here's another famous 'macguffin', Heidi ... the briefcase featured in Pulp Fiction ... lot of folks died over that one! Which reminds me, " ... that is a tasty burger ... mind if I have a sip of that soft drink to wash down that tasty burger?"Christopher Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667548312923348614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-8277196765713321322015-03-23T08:01:31.207-06:002015-03-23T08:01:31.207-06:00I've heard the term and appreciate the example...I've heard the term and appreciate the examples to illustrate what it means! I need to rewatch Star Wars. I never thought of it that way.Diana Hurwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216220574149672733noreply@blogger.com