Joss: the Dark God of writers. by MikeyMo

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Joss: the Dark God of writers.

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UPDATED: Thursday, August 25, 2005 05:49
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Thursday, August 25, 2005 5:49 AM

Alex from http://complicationsensue.blogspot.com - writer of the book Crafty Screenwriting (a favorite of mine) - is writing a book called Crafty TV Writing. The latest entry of his blog is the preliminary glossary for the book, and it contained this entry:

Joss: the dark god of writers. Black lambs are slaughtered to him at the new moon.

He's a good man, and has frequently lamented the lack of Joss programs on television and has posted regularly about the upcoming BDM.

Some other choice terms:
like-a-joke: a comic bit that has the rhythms of a joke, and is followed by laughter on the sound track, but is not actually funny.

schmuck bait: a promised story turn that only a schmuck would believe will ever actually happen, like the hero dying (or in a science fiction show, the hero dying permanently)

taking the curse off: making a story point not feel like a cliche without changing the story point itself

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