MacGuffin

• “A perfectionist MacGuffin is a word or concept that your perfectionism has found is particularly triggering for you, and so it starts using that word as a club to bash you with whenever you feel emboldened to write.”

  The Huffington Post: Hillary Rettig: Perfectionists Love MacGuffins

• “Commonly, though not always, the MacGuffin is the central focus of the film in the first act, and then declines in importance as the struggles and motivations of characters play out.”

  The Huffington Post: Hillary Rettig: Perfectionists Love MacGuffins

• “It may come back into play at the climax of the story, but sometimes the MacGuffin is actually forgotten by the end of the film.”

  The Huffington Post: Hillary Rettig: Perfectionists Love MacGuffins

• “In the Task Force X episode of Justice League, the MacGuffin is a sinister artifact that draws on negative emotions (aggression, fear, etc).”

  Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Black Cat’s Review Forum

• “The MacGuffin is common in films, especially thrillers.”

  The Huffington Post: Hillary Rettig: Perfectionists Love MacGuffins

• “The defining aspect of a MacGuffin is that the major players in the story are (at least initially) willing to do and sacrifice almost anything to obtain it, regardless of what the MacGuffin actually is.”

  The Huffington Post: Hillary Rettig: Perfectionists Love MacGuffins

• “Nor are the experts immune; Blaze and Schneier designed a cipher called MacGuffin”

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• “HEALER: Tell me where the MacGuffin is or I’ll snap your spine!”

  Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Featured: Which female characters are the most awful and why? Who’s awesome?

• “If the MacGuffin is some sort of weapon or power-enhancement device, usually he’ll use it on a small target.”

  Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » A Villainous Forum

• “He has created what Hitchcock called a MacGuffin – something whose specific nature may well be unimportant, but which drives the action by causing the characters to behave in ways which reveal their true colours.”

  The Guardian: Hilarity rates high on Capello Index

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