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Writer’s Block Doesn’t Exist – Part 2: Inspired by Spirit
Read more: Writer’s Block Doesn’t Exist – Part 2: Inspired by Spirit“[S]topping a piece of work just because it’s hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don’t feel like it, and sometimes you’re doing good work when it feels like all you’re managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position.” — Stephen King 0.…
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Homo Ludens: Exploring The Popularity of Let’s Plays
Read more: Homo Ludens: Exploring The Popularity of Let’s PlaysI guess you can say that this article came into existence by accident. A few weeks ago, one of the Writer’s Block board members texted me asking, “Are you watching playthrough videos again on YouTube, Roos?” I was shocked by this I know what you did last summer-level of clairvoyance and immediately paused the video…
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Review: Ghost Stories (2000)
Read more: Review: Ghost Stories (2000)Look, I wasn’t planning on doing monthly anime reviews. Truth be told, I kind of hate anime overall. Whether it be shōnen, shōjo, or whatever—I will never be able to get over the standard tropes like “magical girl” transformation sequences, “harems”, or the closely related (not to mention, hypersexualized) fanservice that gushes from every…
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Listen Up! – Top 5 Favorite Podcasts
Read more: Listen Up! – Top 5 Favorite PodcastsErnest Hemingway once said, “I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.” This quote puzzled me initially, because I reasoned that sound is an ever-present element of everyday life, thus listening is inescapable for all of us. Having thought about it some more, however, I…
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#ExplainAFilmPlotBadly: Why Describing A Plot Badly Might Make A Good Movie
Read more: #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly: Why Describing A Plot Badly Might Make A Good MovieA meme did the virtual rounds a couple of months ago, called “explain a film plot badly”. It asked internet users to take a well-known and universally loved movie, and write down the plot as horrible and in the most misunderstood way possible (think Harry Potter but with Voldemort as the hero). Not to…
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