https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy6CYFGLsQ4 Charmed (2019) season 2 returned on Friday, October 11th on the CW. In the season premiere, things pick up almost immediately as the girls are thrown a major curveball that changes the course of their lives. Mel, Maggie and Macy are attacked by a hooded assassin who is immune to their powers. When the […]
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Do you have a story idea, but are struggling to come up with an interesting setting or characters? Or, are you just struggling to come up with a story idea all together? Have you tried using pictures for inspiration? Well, you’re going to want to start today. Images are a great source of inspiration. When
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This week I watched Netflix’s “In The Tall Grass” (2019), an adaptation of Stephen King and Joe Hill’s (King’s son) novella of the same title. This horror-thriller is about a brother and sister who, after hearing a boy’s cry for help, enter a tall-grass field and soon discover there might be no way out. I
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Characters are the most important part of stories. What characters want, who they are and how they see the world is what drives narrative. There are many ways to create characters. One of the earliest resources I found as a beginner was the character sheet. Character sheets are helpful; they list out all the possible
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So things finally got interesting in this week’s episode of AHS. Not everyone is who they seem, which I expected, but the mystery behind why this is all happening still remains. Before I get into theories, this is what we know so far: Nurse Rita is actually Donna Chambers Image source: AHS 1984, FX As
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A Study Guide To Learning Story Structure You know those times when you’re writing and you get stuck on some part of your story? And, no matter how many times you to try to rework it, nothing seems to fix it? Usually when this happens, it’s an indication that there may be a problem with
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American Horror Story: 1984, FX | Image Source: IMDb In a very weird, sexually tension-filled scene, we watch camp owner Margaret Booth befriend serial killer Richard Ramirez and ask that he protect the camp from Mr. Jingles. Not only does this moment set up a future showdown between the two serial killers, it also revealed
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I love dreams; they can be really exciting, scary or just plain weird. Dreams are so interesting because they’re stories made up by brain. According to Hannah Nicols’s article “What does it mean when we dream?” research studies suggest dreaming could be considered “a unique state of consciousness that incorporates experiences of the present, processing the
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSRQRiw4xwc It’s the end of September, the temperature is cooling down and American Horror Story is back, which means Halloween season is officially here! Season 9 of AHS returned on Wednesday with a whole new story, look, style and—mostly—new cast, save for series regulars Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters 🙁 American Horror Story: 1984 is
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How To Get Words On The Page When You’re Afraid To Start There was a period of time in my life when I couldn’t open a blank word document without feeling my heart race and my palms sweat. It was like I was paralyzed by some invisible force. I would put a few words on
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