42 Essential 3rd Act Twists

by MaryAnn Johanson
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Awesome breakdown of storytelling clichés — many of which occur in films, of course — from cartoonist Dresden Codak. A tiny taste:

The whole cartoon is here. Don’t be drinking anything while perusing it unless you want to ruin your keyboard.

I especially like the categories of “Shyamalan” and “Double Shyamalan.”

See also Codak’s newest toon, “Caveman Science Fiction” — hilarious.

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amanohyo
amanohyo
Sun, Oct 25, 2009 5:11pm

Thanks for the link, some of those are pretty funny (unreliable reader is my favorite). I think the name of the comic itself is Dresden Codak, and the cartoonist is Aaron Diaz.

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LaSargenta
LaSargenta
patron
Sun, Oct 25, 2009 5:18pm

Factoid of the day: Petard means “fart”. So, “hoist by your own petard”!

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the rook
the rook
Sun, Oct 25, 2009 6:42pm

even better, how many of those plot points have been used in Doctor Who over the years?

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