I’m back with another story re-imagining. This week I’ll be analyzing and fixing Wild Child (2008). This teen rom-com stars Emma Roberts as Poppy Moore, a spoiled socialite who gets sent away to an all-girls English boarding school to straighten up her act. I will admit, these kinds of films are my guilty pleasure. Wild […]
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Disney’s Upside-Down Magic (2020) is a children’s fantasy based on a book series of the same title. It stars Izabela Rose as Nory, a spunky shapeshifting teen who can’t seem to get her powers right. Nory and her best friend Reina (Seina Agudong) get accepted to the prestigious Sage Academy, a magic school. During their placement
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Gino is tired of living in his older brother’s shadow, much less in his secondhand clothes. Martín is handsome, outgoing and the center of attention–all the things Gino is not. But when Gino meets Dulce at his cousin’s quinceañera, he begins to realize that perhaps to get out of the shadows, he must simply take
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Hi fellow writer. Shantal here. I’ve been on a temporary hiatus that is not exactly one that I planned for. Ever since the reality of the pandemic hit (and my family and I’s stressful experience with it), I’ve found myself needing time and space to process my thoughts and emotions, which included taking a break
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As most of the world is quarantined to help alleviate the public health crisis, bingeing TV shows has become a common pass-time. Netflix recently released a binge-worthy drama, “Outer Banks” (2020), a coming-of-age mystery that takes place in the North Carolina fishing town, Outer Banks. While the mystery, and the conflict between the “Pogues” and
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Last updated February 4, 2026 Being a writer often feels like you’re looking for an instructions manual that never came with the package. We see completed works of fiction everywhere and these are the ones we compare our work to. This kind of comparison can set up unrealistic expectations such that we may think that
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With the current public health crisis, this has been a difficult time for many people. With the quarantine and social distancing protocols being set in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19, this can make us feel confused, scared, lonely and powerless. For writers, this can disrupt our creative process. These are 5 Things Writers
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Having an Idealized Version of Who You Want to Be as a Writer vs. Who You Really Are as a Writer For a long time now, I have been trying to fit myself into an idealized version of the writer I “want” to be, which is ironic because my personality usually rejects conventions. I thought
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This is not a “how to overcome some kind of problem” article . This is a post where I talk about what it’s like to be in a problem and not know how to fix it. I’m currently writing a romance fanfiction to practice storytelling and to practice completing a project. The fanfiction is meant to be short, and
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Locke & Key (2020) is a fantasy, thriller, and family drama that follows three siblings and their mother as they move to their father’s ancestral mansion, Keyhouse, where they discover a number of magical keys that may be connected to his murder. Locke & Key is a fun show whose fantastical elements really stretch the
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