Most storytelling concepts that have names that sound like the name of a person can be traced to an actual person, real or fictitious. (Foley, Mary Sue, etc.)
A MacGuffin is a plot device that motivates the story's characters, but whose specific nature is unimportant to the overall plot. But is there a term for a plo
In The Hateful Eight, can Daisy Domergue be considered a MacGuffin? The story is about the attempt to save her, but the "story starter" could be Marquis Warren