Category: Writing

stop spoiling it, comicbookmovie.com

I thought that I’d have a heavier heart when saying this, where actually, it’s somewhat of a relief to finally get it off my chest.

Here’t goes: comicbookmovie.com is a bad, bad idea.

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is death dead?

The Death of Superman was one of the biggest events in comic book history; back in the 90s DC Comics had this crazy idea of making Supes relevant again — by killing him! Making stories and characters finite worked well for DC and the industry in general; it was a great way to make stories suspenseful knowing that no character safe from making the “ultimate sacrifice”.

That was until, as it turns out, Superman was alive all along. Yeahbuhwhat?

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the mystery of a mystery

What is it about a mystery that makes it so exciting to read or watch? Is it the threat of a character’s death? Knowing that something bad might happen? Discovering the mystery’s source?

According to J.J. Abrams, it’s keeping the mystery a mystery.

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how to nurture your sensitive creativity

For writers (or artists, musicians, etc.) creativity can be a mysterious and at times elusive entity.

It can be a wonderful thing; but if not captured immediately, can also torture us until the end of time.

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