The Writer's Scrawl

Death surrounds us at all times of our lives and our entertainment media is no exception. Not every fictional death is deserved right?

Gamescom's over for 2021 and there are a whole bunch of spicy announcements to tuck into. Check out the list for my top picks.

A couple of years ago, I made the fateful decision that I was going to pursue a career in writing, part-time at first while I build up my...

Not every movie needs to have a franchise like the MCU. These film franchises didn't heed this advice when they really should have.

There's been a whole lot of books adapted to Netflix recently. Here are five book series I'd love to see get adapted bt Netflix.

Because I listed my favourite fantasy tropes a couple of weeks ago, it’s time to even the scales and make these tropes self concious.

Today, I'm listing my favourite WTF moments from games because lord knows there's a lot of them.

I've fallen back in love with the fantasy genre as of late and it felt like a good time to discuss fantasy tropes that I love.

For any story, the beginning is as, if not more, important than the ending. Here are 5 ways not to start your story.

Here are the five projects announced to be released in 2021 that I’m looking forward to.

With so many shows vying for our attention, some would have slipped through the cracks. These five are ones to check out.

2020 was a long, rough year and with 2021 looking to be more of the same, what a great time to bunker down with some video games.

Here are five examples of unofficial Christmas movies that give you something else to watch this Christmas season.

Some movies are released and straight away become bona fide classics. A good amount of these are Christmas films. Here's 5 of my favourite.

Sometimes a movie is announced and it has all the cards stacked in its favour. Here are five movies that had all this and ended up as flops.

Development Hell can strike down even the most promising of games. Let's count down five games that were ruined by Development Hell.

Today I count down five cliffhangers that have no hope of being resolved.

Tropes are common in literature, some even to the point of cliche. Let's count down some tropes that I feel haven't reached this point yet.

The endings on this list probably didn’t frustrate people when they were first used but they sure do now.

We all think we're the hero of the story. Sometimes, we find out that we're not the hero, and here are some of my favourites.