Author: Tobi Oguntola
Movie Review: Lift
While some appreciate Hart’s attempt at a more serious role, others feel it misses the mark, leaving audiences wanting more from both the action and the humor.
How to Make a Good Book-to-Movie Adaptation
There are things that books can do and movies just can’t. Accept it, find a way around it, and convey the feelings and thoughts of the characters using other cinematographic tools.
Movie Review: The Wedding Year
In low-budget projects like this, success often hinges on the cast’s talent, and let me assure you, the ensemble in The Wedding Year can act!
Movie Review: Jagun Jagun (The Warrior)
The movie is an excellent portrayal of Yoruba culture, and its enchanting ability to blend mythology, lore, and fiction is magical
Series Review: Hijack (Season 1)
In a world where Hollywood seems stuck in a loop of rehashed ideas, Hijack emerges as the ideal way to reanimate a dead trope.
What Inspires Creative Writing- Dreams, People, and Experiences
creativity is a self-fulfilling trait; if you tell yourself you’re not creative long enough, you’ll believe it, let your potential go silent, and then you will become uncreative
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The author serves the whole book in bite-sized morsels, allowing you to digest each moment without feeling overwhelmed.
Overcoming Reader’s Block
If you are like me, who doesn’t like leaving a book halfway, this might be hard, but darling, you have to dump it.
Lightblade (Lightblade Saga #) by Zamil Akhtar
Altogether, this is such a great book (and series, probably), and I look forward to reading the final release and more books in the series. You should too!
The Atlas Six (The Atlas #1) by Olivie Blake
The author’s style of writing and world-building is not unnecessarily complex, making the book an easy read. The switch in POVs makes for an exciting change in pace and format throughout the book. Nico, Libby, and Reina’s POVs are baseline YA, while Callum, Parisa, and Tristan lend more jaded experiences.
Series Review: Smart Money Woman Season One
The story follows Zuri, a young woman who makes a decent living yet finds herself in financial hot water when her rich boyfriend betrays her and gets engaged to another woman while they are on a break.
Series Review: Bridgerton Season Two
The second season of Bridgerton, while eagerly anticipated by many, is certainly not gaining as much acclaim as its predecessor, and the reasons are no secret.
What Is a Good Plot? What Makes a Good Plot?
Before you try your hand at writing your big story, practice and practice making a good plot. Work on stories that come to you and spend lots of time thinking up new ideas.