{"id":18513,"date":"2023-09-19T01:27:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T01:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draftsparks.com\/prompt\/macguffin-hunt\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T01:27:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T01:27:06","slug":"macguffin-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draftsparks.com\/prompt\/macguffin-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"MacGuffin Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Develop a plot where characters are in pursuit of a coveted object, but the true value or purpose of this object is never clearly defined.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This plot device, referred to as the &#8216;MacGuffin,&#8217; is synonymous with Hitchcock. Everyone wants it. No one exactly knows why. It&#8217;s the object that drives the plot and the suspense, yet is somewhat arbitrary in its actual substance. How might the characters&#8217; obsessions reflect their own shortcomings or desires? What kind of suspenseful situations can the pursuit of the MacGuffin create?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Develop a plot where characters are in pursuit of a coveted object, but the true value or purpose of this object is never clearly defined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[3705],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/draftsparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/draftsparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/draftsparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draftsparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draftsparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/draftsparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draftsparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/draftsparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draftsparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draftsparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}