Having Fun With Epic Fantasy Tropes #8: We’re All Going On A MacGuffin Hunt

What The Heck’s A MacGuffin, You May Well Ask…

Wikipedia (aka ‘the font of all wisdom’ ) describes a “MacGuffin” as a “plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or another motivator that the protagonist pursues, often with little or no narrative explanation. The MacGuffin’s importance to the plot is not the object itself, but rather its effect on the characters and their motivations.”

The Hitchcock film closely associated with the idea of a “MacGuffin”

If you dig a little deeper,...