HBO’s series Westworld is a pretty trope-heavy show. Not in a lazy way, though. The park – the aforementioned “WestWorld” – is literally a mass of tropes upon […]
What A Cover Letter Should Look Like When Submitting To A Magazine
It’s been a couple years since I wrote about what a cover letter should look like, and it was definitely before we launched recompose. Three hundred odd submissions […]
A Study In Quick Characterization: The Dinner Scene From “You’re Next”
While there are significant differences between print and visual media, writing is writing. Regardless of what kind of writing you’re doing, you can learn by examining good (and […]
Bands of Brothers: Comparing “The Watch” and “The World’s End”
It is difficult to avoid comparing The Watch (2012) without thinking about Edgar Wright’s The World’s End (2013). There is a similarity between these two films, much in […]
Men Writing Women
I enjoy "controversial" panels. Partially because I often like to debate things, partially because my background knowledge of the issues is pretty extensive1, and partially, at least in […]