The Writer's Scrawl

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.

A good plot twist will stick with you and be linked to that body of work forever. Let's count down five of the best.

Welcome back, guys. The Top 11-20 was a real wild list. Now we’re getting serious. It’s the Top 10, the list everyone cares about. I’ve...

Humans are natural storytellers. Ever since we painted using our hands back in caveman days, we have had an irresistible urge to tell...