The Writer's Block

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John Stevenson
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  • Whoa! Slow the !@#$ down!

    So I went to go see Legend of the Guardians back in September. It’s a CGI movie about a bunch of armored Owls, whats not to like right? Well I’ll tell you whats not too like. Its too damn fast. This movie tore across the screen faster than Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier. This… Read more

  • Creating a Good Villain

    As contradictory as the term is, a good villain is a hard thing to craft. Oh sure, crafting a scooby-doo monster in a mask is easy or making a villain as evil as possible is not a difficult task, but to craft a character that we remember? To make a villain that makes us both… Read more

  • Oz: A Land of Treachery

    There are great things about being a writer, one is that I see stories within stories that are waiting to be told. Sure, I never seem to able to actually write a story myself, but I know they’re there when I see them! So, follow me in to the depths of my mind and I’ll… Read more

  • Star Wars

    I like Star Wars. Or at least I did. Now I’m not gonna get up on soapbox here and say that George Lucas is a money-grubbing parasite who sucks creativity from his movies like a wolf sucks marrow from a bone, however accurate a description that might be. However, when faced with the news that George… Read more

  • TV Writing

    If WordPress allowed for a subtitles it would read (Or why most TV shows die horribly in a puddle of their own excrement). Surely you’ve noticed that sometimes a TV show, rather than disappearing into that good night with dignity intact and a place in television history, it ends up dying by choking to death… Read more

  • Hacking down the door!

    Today is a good day to die…no no, that’s not right. Today is a good day to write! For nearly two months I languished under the brutal oppression of writer’s block. It was dark, cold, lonely…and even a little damp for some reason…  Yes, it’s been a long dark road for the past two… Read more