I was watching the music video to BTS’s song Dynamite the other day because it cheers me up, and I realized that the editing in this brilliant, super fun video is a great lesson for writing scenes. First, watch the video: Did you notice how…
Category: films and tv
What’s your week been like? I’d set up a goal for myself to write a new short story per week. How did I do? Not bad! Although, to be fair, the goal should have been expressed as “finish one short story per week” as I…
Wow, what a week. My university job is super busy right now and I had foolishly signed up to be on three committees, all of which had deadlines in the past month, pretty much back to back. Today is the final deadline for this round,…
Last night I re-watched the 1982 TV movie adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel, with Anthony Andrews and an absolutely magnificent Jane Seymour. I’m pretty sure we had that movie on VHS when I was growing up, because I know every scene by heart and could…