Best of Dinerwood- Goody's
(originally posted on Dinerwood January 25, 2010) Goody's: The end... I'm not a journalist. I'm a blogger. Even worse, I'm a FOOD blogger. I'm never in the position to really "report" anything...until today. The sign was out. We didn't think much of it. Signs are often out at restaurants, although usually it's not the whole sign--just a letter or two or three (there's a "E Poll co" near where we live). The sign was out and the sign will be out forever. Last night was the last
Phantom story...not a story about THE Phantom.
Nick Macari recently wrote an interesting blog titled "Are you working on a phantom story?" And I thought "that's oddly specific"...and then I realized he wasn't talking about this Phantom- To break it down- a phantom story is a series of events that may or may not lead to a conclusion, but it lacks an emotional core that allows the audience to care. It’s a plot or a concept without the essential element that makes it worthwhile. “A story needs a sun. It needs gravity to hold
