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Creative Writing Experiments (Week 2)

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Microfiction As we walked, winter continued to steal away the light and burn through our time. Occasionally a brisk wind walked with us. While the lake was romantic- with its still water, straining light and focused joggers, the walk back home wound through a private path known only to the locals and used most frequently by us. Secluded within a forest, the trees had paved the way and now patiently stood by. Between their branches, we could see glimpses of a grey and darkening sky above and, ahead of us, the path was lost under the horizon. I laughed and pressed myself closer to him. He staggered under my weight and ploughed us through a puddle of leaves. For a moment, a flurry of gold and copper rained around us. If this was a movie, he would have moved in for the kiss.  But the opportunity was missed. While I stopped to admire the dead, floating leaves, he spun me around, detangling himself from my grip and flashed that infamous smile. He leaned in, quite far considering our h
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Top 10 Upcoming TV Shows

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Although I'm a little late to the game, already over a month into the year, I thought I'd share with you the top 10 upcoming tv series that have caught my eye this year. Enjoy and leave a comment on anything I've missed that I should check out.  Collateral - 12 th February BBC2 -           The series has just begun, with the first episode airing on the 12 th February.  A political thriller with a star cast including Carey Mulligan, John Simm and Billie Piper and written by David Hare, Collateral looks promising. When a pizza delivery driver is murdered, with a headstrong Detective on the case, a politician wrapped up in a conspiracy and an ex with something to hide, the show tackles a lot of different issues in its short time span. IZombie Season 4- 27 th February Netflix -     Return of the Zombie series based on the DC  Comics, by writer Chris Roberson and artist Michael Allred . This TV series is produced by Warner Bros but is available on Netf
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The Liebster Awards

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So this is new- I was nominated for the Liebster Award by Tom Goodyear, friend and fellow blogger [ check out his blog-here ]. The Award is designed to connect blogs and I for one am all for it! It's very simple really, Tom has sent me a series of questions made by BethanMayBooks , which I am supposed to answer and then pass on some of my own questions to other bloggers (which I will link to at the bottom). For more information about the award check their website here , but without further ado, onto the q'n'a. 1 – Our society has been overrun by a totalitarianism dictatorship; knowledge is power, so any sources of knowledge are illegal and actively destroyed. Including books. It is thirteen minutes past two in the morning and your door is being hammered in by a battering ram. They’re here. They of know your collection. But they do not know of your escape tunnel in the cellar. You grab one book. What is it? Tough one, 'cause I have my favourites like Hit
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Creative Writing Experiments (Week 1)

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DISCLAIMER: Each week I am going to aim to post one piece of creative writing here, in order to create a small portfolio of my work but to also share it and hopefully improve as the weeks go by. Week 1- OPENING SCENE, The scene opens on a dreary train platform, the sign reads ‘Y Fenni Abergavenny’. It is dark, gone midnight and a small flickering station-lamp illuminates the station. Enter BRADLEY and MORGAN, two students, Bradley is calm and collected whereas Morgan seems flustered. Morgan: [rushing ahead] We’ve missed it, we’ve missed it, I told you we would miss it. Who has a party in the middle of nowhere anyway? Bradley: Hardly middle of nowhere and we haven’t missed it. It’s probably just late, they usually are. We can just wait. Unless you fancy walking all the back to Cardiff. Morgan: [sighs, shuffling from one foot to the other as if cold and mutters] Hope it’s soon. Bradley: Oh come on,
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Review: Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

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I would just like to start by saying if you like the look of this film and haven't seen it yet, go now. Part of the main enjoyment of this film for me was going in with very little knowledge and watching the story unfold and the characters develop naturally.  Let its more controversial aspects sink in and let it make you reflect- as all good fiction should.  For those of you that don't know, the film is set in the small, rural town of Ebbing, Missouri, where a mother, looking for answers on her daughter's murder, buys three billboards on the outskirts of town. The controversial message calling out the police ignites a feud and the small town mentalities escalate to violence. I have seen a lot of reviews about some of the more controversial aspects of the film, from the cheap jokes at the expense Peter Dinklage's character to Sam Rockwell's portrayal of a violently, racist cop. But I don't think these are things the film needs to change. Its unapolog
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Yearly Challenge- or How I Learnt to Stop Worrying and Go On Adventures

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Last year I gave myself a challenge to help boost my confidence, make me more active and convince me that trying new things and breaking routine isn't the be all and end all. It worked so well that I'm now doing it again this year and writing it down here. The challenge itself is simple. Keep a diary of every new thing you do each month. Last year my diary was just a list of the months with a quick note of what I did so you don't have to make it detailed. But I found not only did I surprise myself with how much I got round to doing in a year but I found it easier to remember all of the fun that came with it. Beforehand, I always felt I was stuck on default no. Someone would ask if I wanted to do something and there was always a reason not too. Either too tired, busy or not enough funds. So I started this challenge to break out the habit and encourage myself to give things a try. And guess what, it worked better than I thought. At first it's difficult, you have to
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A Clockwork Review

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So, what's it gonna be then? [ via ] I finally made the time to pick up the critically acclaimed- and highly controversial- 'A Clockwork Orange' by Anthony Burgess. This book has been on my 'to-read list' for too long. Not only are dystopian narratives my favourite genre, but for the most part, I try to read a book before watching any film adaptations and as most people know Stanley Kubrick's infamously banned take on the book is a classic of pushing the boundaries filmography. But enough about films, let's get back to the book; thought-provoking and engaging with a witty, if morally bleak, narrator it's not hard to see how Anthony Burgess' book became so iconic. A Clockwork Orange tells the story of Alex, a teenager in a dystopian world of ‘ultra-violence’. After revelling in the violence and illegal activities of his gang, Alex is betrayed, handed to the state and cured of his violent ways through psychological conditioning.  The st
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