28: The MacGuffin
Criminal Mischief: The Art and Science of Crime Fiction
English - November 28, 2019 20:05 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBFiction Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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What is a MacGuffin? Since Alfred Hitchcock coined the term, his definition—such as it is—might be best:
“The main thing I’ve learned over the years is that the MacGuffin is nothing. I’m convinced of this, but I find it difficult to prove it to others.”