Well, the new year has come and gone. Eleven days in and 2012 feels loooooong. Probably because the twins are perfecting their ability to cry, scream, and demand food and fresh diapers at exactly the same time. In addition, they’ve decided to make the hours of 6 pm to roughly midnight the I’M GOING TO DRIVE YOU WITHIN AN INCH OF CRAZY AND MAKE YOU BEG FOR MERCY time. So yeah, the year feels long so far.
Anyhoo…
Been thinking about this blog a lot. Not like thinking about how awesome it or its author is. More like what I want to do with it this year. Pimping my work will always be a feature. As will pimping the work of those I deem worthy (except Sam W. Anderson, I pimp his work because he’s blackmailing me). I’ll also continue to do the “random-angry-whatever’s on my mind” post from time to time.
No, I’ve been thinking more about the movie reviews I do. A lot of them are quick and to the point. I’ve been told people like that. People don’t want to read long drawn out reviews of movies. (This includes my wife, who tells me, in no uncertain terms, she doesn’t have the patience to read my diatribes on why Movie A sucked).
Sometimes quick and to the point works. Sometimes, it’s the best thing for a particular movie. But others required meat hammers and a mighty pen. That takes time and space. It’s the kind of review I like doing the most. Not just because it’s fun to tear apart a movie (good or bad) but because it forces me to analyze, think, and put into words why it’s good or bad(which isn’t always easy). Examining Character, Story, Plot, Dialogue, etc. It forces me to also look at my own work and question am I making the same mistakes or why the hell ain’t I do the same awesome things.
It makes me a better writer.
So expect less quick movie reviews and stand-by for some long ones.
And I’m talking to you, the one person who actually reads this blog.
1 comments:
I read this blog, and I read all the way to the end, thank you very much.
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