Author: Elsie Cooper

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Before I start, I feel like I should make it clear that this isn’t me judging anyone. If you love these things, that’s completely fine. In fact, I’m probably in the minority on most of them. But sometimes it feels like the entire world is obsessed with something and you’re just sat there wondering if…

Things I Think We Should Bring Back

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in Yapping

Maybe this is a sign that I’m getting older. Or maybe some things were genuinely better and we collectively decided to get rid of them for absolutely no reason. Actually Owning Things Remember when you bought a DVD and it was yours? Nobody could suddenly decide it wasn’t available in your country anymore. Nobody could…

10 Writing Prompts to Inspire Your Next Story

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in Writing & Creativity

Sometimes the hardest part of writing isn’t finishing a story. It’s starting one. Whether you’re working on a novel, short story, fanfiction or screenplay, here are ten writing prompts to get your imagination moving. 1. The Missing Person Returns A teenager vanishes without a trace and is presumed dead. Ten years later, they walk back…

65 Writing Tropes to Inspire Your Next Story

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in Writing & Creativity

Whether you’re writing a novel, fanfiction, screenplay or short story, sometimes all you need is a good trope to spark an idea. Here are 50 popular writing tropes that readers continue to love. Romance Tropes Character Tropes Family & Friendship Tropes Mystery & Thriller Tropes Fantasy & Supernatural Tropes Tropes That Somehow Work Every Time

The Best Plot Twists I’ve Ever Seen

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Spoilers ahead! Hereditary (2018) I went into Hereditary expecting a horror film about grief. And technically, it is. But it’s also so much more than that. For most of the film, you’re led to believe you’re watching a family slowly falling apart after an unimaginable tragedy. Then the film completely pulls the rug out from…

Characters That Deserved Better

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Sometimes writers look at a perfectly innocent fictional person and decide they simply haven’t suffered enough. Here are some fictional characters that, in my opinion, deserved so much better. Eleven (Stranger Things) Can somebody please let this girl rest? Seriously. From the moment we meet Eleven, she’s already experienced more trauma than most people could…

TV Shows I Wish I Could Watch Again for the First Time

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There are plenty of TV shows that I enjoy. There are plenty that I rewatch. And then there are the rare few that I would give anything to experience again for the very first time. Stranger Things I don’t think any show has ever had me in a chokehold quite like Stranger Things Season 1.…

My Favourite Horror Films of All Time

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I am fully aware that if ten horror fans read this list, at least nine of them are going to disagree with me. And that’s okay. Horror is one of those genres where everyone’s favourites are completely different. Some people love slashers. Some love supernatural horror. Some enjoy psychological horror. Some apparently enjoy watching two…

The Horror Movie Decisions That Make Me Want to Scream

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I love horror films. I love the suspense. I love the villains. I love the jump scares. What I do not love is watching a perfectly normal character make a decision so unbelievably stupid that I have to pause the film and stare at the wall for a few minutes. I understand that horror films…

Ranking Horror Villains by How Likely I’d Be to Survive Them

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