I was watching The Dead Zone again the other week, and thought that Johnny Smith might be the perfect horror Protagonist.
This movie, and the Stephen King book it's based on, might be a little bit under the radar; I'm not sure how well known it is in ...

The Horror Protagonist
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 10, 2024Quackcast 708 - Cyberpunk
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Cyberpunk is a cool genre we have never covered exclusively on a Quackcast before. But what IS cyberpunk? It's a subset of SciFi, it's usually near future, involves body modifications, grittiness, street level computer use ...
Hawk and Flo Adventures Accelerates to 900 Page Milestone; The KAMics Celebrates Its 20th Year Anniversary on The Duck; Roll Out the Red Carpet for the Drunk Duck Awards 2024!!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 7, 2024
Photo: “Operation Werewolf Part 3”. Hawk and Flo Adventures by HawkandFloAdventures. (October 2024)
Hawk and Flo Adventures Milestone
HawkandFloAdventures writes:
“I'm going to hit 900 pages soon on Hawk and Flo Adventures! am I alright to have a milestone announcement next week I'll definitely be at 900 by ...
Poetry Time 90: The Vault
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Oct. 6, 2024
The blanks in my mind cry for fire
Admire the craft of unlocked remorse
I see the crime, I see the prime, I see the seamless mind
Coming to unseperate the voiceless blind
The fire in my soul cry for solace
Desire the trap of unlocked remorse
NaaN (Now, always ...
The Series Bible
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 19, 2024
I was just reading one of the original Star Trek Series Bibles. It's actually called the “Writer's Guide” and was a, well, a guide for new writers who were interested in writing a Star Trek script. It's most interesting!
Being very interested in fiction and writing for ...
Revenge
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 14, 2024
We love a good revenge story.
The entire journey of a character from victimhood to avenger is one that almost guarantees audience engagement and their rooting for the character on the path of revenge.
The reasoning for that is easy: the character suffered a great grievance that is unlikely to ...
So Many Paths
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 12, 2024
I was thinking about different filmmakers and how varied their processes can be. Stanley Kubrick was famous for doing multiple takes - sometimes dozens of takes and sometimes much more (!)
Meanwhile, Clint Eastwood will do one or two takes and that's it.
On the show Seinfeld, there were two takes ...