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Sunset Boulevard is one of my favourite films. The writer, Billy Wilder is known as one of the greatest writers/directors in film history and he has famously given 10 screenwriting tips that don't sound like your regular advice you hear over and over. I find myself going back to some of the tips whe

Hey everyone, There are some newsletters I’ve come across that have helped me become a better writer or in some way, have helped my writing journey so I thought to share: 1) Books and Banter by Ope Adedeji- In this newsletter, she shares writing tips that work for her; as well as intriguing shor

Many times, when I read African fantasy, there is always something that feels off, something that is not exactly smooth when compared to western fantasy. It took me a while but after I read "black leopard, red wolf" by Marlon James and compared it to "The name of the wind" by Patrick rothfuss, I re

Have you ever read a book or watched a movie, gotten to the end and been like "Omo mehn, this end no too make ọ," that could be because the payoff did not match the promise. In the beginning of a book or movie, in the first scene,the first chapter or even before (in the prologue) three types of prom

I had to give up and use the generator but...onto the examples. If you have watched the movie "pirates of the Carribean," you see the character Jack Sparrow. He is on a sinking boat and that also serves as a metaphor which foreshadows the fact that he will be on many "sinking boats" in this story, i

Ok, the headline is a little dramatic but at the point I discovered this book, I really thought that the screenplay I was writing would be the end of me. It was 2015 and I was knee deep into writing the sequel to Living in Bondage. I was in a black hole of confusion, themes that didn't make sense, c