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Dark Reel (2008)
IMDB rating: 5.20
Plot: Murder, mystery and mayhem as B movie fan, Adam Waltz, wins Walk on Role in a film Featuring Scream Queen, Cassie Blue (Tiffany Shepis). Thinking his luck had changed for the better he steps into chaos with a killer loose and no one on the production safe. Adams role gets bigger with the murder of an actress, studio chief’s (Henriksen) low-budget thriller becomes big with the new publicity… Everyone is a suspect. Who is the killer? Why are they doing this? and who is next?
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Dark Reel
Directors: Eisenstadt Josh
Actors: Furlong Edward,Henriksen Lance,Todd Tony,Baker Rick,Ryder Kevin,Walter Tracey,Parise Jeffrey Vincent,Xuereb Emmanuel,Grace Jake,Bushell Matt,Horror,Thriller,
Should I be an author when I grow up?
I’m a good writer. Ever since I’ve been in the school, I’ve been getting good marks on my essays. I usally get 5’s or 6’s out of a possible 6. I’ve already decided that I’m going to be a physician or a scientist of some sort, but I need a Plan B in case that doesn’t work out. Could writing be my niche? I’m going to write a paragraph, and from this paragraph, I want you guys to gauge my writing skills and see if writing books may be in my future. Also, do you think that I could write bestsellers like Stephanie Meyers or J.K. Rowling did?
I’m a HS freshman, BTW. Please be kind.
"Hmmpf!" Minerva grumbily mumbled to herself while she gazed at the undesired sight. Everything was ruined, and nothing was going according to her carefully deliberated plan that she worked out for the past month. This setback didn’t discourage her. She was as stubborn as a mule and as hard-headed as a bull. Hence, she didn’t listen to her friend of fifteen years when he told her to quit. "Cease and desist," Michael said. "Learn about your limitations; you know you can’t acquire everything you want in life. Some things are out of your league." But, Minerva thought that she could get anything, do anything, and be better than anything in this world. She could roar louder than the loudest lion in a pride could, if she wanted to. She could soar higher than the most adept eagle could. She could see better in the dark than any bat could. No, she would try again. She would make another attempt but with a different plan. She was the gardener, and each plan was a seed. This seed wasn’t good at all, and it only left the soil barren. But she had many seeds in stock, and she would plant another one. With enough water and sunlight, the new seed would grow into a strong tree, and eventually, it would bear luscious, ripe fruit. All that she had to do was wait.
I didn’t tell anyone what she saw or what her old plan was. This is supposed to be the hook that reels the reader in. Does it make you want to read more to know more about what’s going on with Minerva?
I really want to know if being an author could be a career for me. If so, then would it be a lucrative career to pursue? Do you guys think that I could be a bestselling author?
Josie, that wasn’t nice, and you don’t know how to give constructive criticism. It doesn’t matter if you thought that it was boring. You’re only one person in a world filled with 6.75 billion people. I thought that it was written well, considering that I used literary devices, such as metaphors.
There?s no way to know if anybody, no matter how talented, will be a bestseller. It involves a lot of factors, not only good writing. There are a lot of horrible bestselling books out there.
Keep writing, if you enjoy it. Some people will like what you write, others won?t, if you enjoy it, continue regardless of their opinions. I think what you wrote is good, especially for your age, but again, my opinion does not matter. Now, if you do not enjoy writing and are just thinking about making money, chose something else you like better. You can never be sure you?ll get rich, but at least doing what you like you won?t feel miserable.
Priscilla F | Jan 08, 2010
Yeah, because it’s that easy. You just say, hey, being an author will be my back up plan when I fail at being a physician or a scientist. Sounds like a cake walk. And, heck, maybe I can be a best seller if I eat a thesaurus.
*Sarcasm*
Kimber Primrose loves Bellamy | Jan 08, 2010
You should be an author if you love to write. That bestselling author thing comes later. BTW, I wouldn’t want to be Stephanie Meyer even if she was richer than J.K. Rowling.
Lover All Alone | Jan 08, 2010
Bestselling authors have bestselling books. Meaning, something about their, theme, plot, and writing style interest people and make them keep reading.
Basically, i don’t know how to say thing kindly. You wanted this work to be critiqued; therefore, it was quite boring. Boring that i didn’t even pay enough attention that i couldn’t write a quick summary on that paragraph. But, you are only a freshman in high school..so around 14-ish. Yes, you might have potential.
J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer are very well known and have best selling books, but if you remembered, they only became bestselling authors out of the blue. They both didn’t plan on it. Sure, they enjoyed writing stories when they were young, and they both could write, and loved to read, but J.K. Rowling was poor and randomally thought up the Harry Potter story one day out of the blue and wrote it on a napkin in a cafe. Stephenie Meyer woke up from a random dream and wrote it down. Luck.
Josie | Jan 08, 2010
When it comes to writing, my motto is, don’t quit your day job, chickadee. Your writing is certainly good, but in today’s competitive market, it’s hard to get published by a big press, and even if you do get picked up by a non-advance-paying press, it won’t pay your bills. It definitely shouldn’t be a plan B to being a physician because it’s even harder to achieve: you’ll get into medical school with diligence and hard work, but that may not be enough to earn you a spot on the literary A-list.
I think you should still pursue writing and getting published, but don’t depend on that for your income. If you really need a plan B, look into dentistry or engineering, both good fallbacks if you can’t make it into medical or science.
And if you put your mind to it, you could write something as good as Rowling’s work (don’t even talk to me about Meyer)–it’s uncertain whether it will be a bestseller, though, as a lot of that depends on luck.
Before I go, here’s a little tip, you can take it or leave it or whatever: I think you may be overthinking the punctuation aspect of your writing. You used a few commas that could be omitted to make the writing flow better, and I’ve never heard anyone use a semicolon in dialogue.
Keep writing and good luck!
Mindy | Jan 08, 2010
People who say things like "please be kind" on here make me want to be especially nasty with them. A writer needs a thick skin, and the sooner you develop one, the better for everybody.
I would swap over your plan A and plan B. Among people who write fiction for money, very few earn enough for it to be their sole source of income.
I don’t know if your story would be in a genre that I read, but supposing it was, and supposing I picked it up off a shelf in a bookshop and read what you’ve written here as the first page, I would put the book down and look for another one. (Actually, I’m being generous here, because a book that was written like this wouldn’t be in the shop to start with.)
You give me no idea what Minerva is trying to do and (more important) no idea why I should care whether she lives or dies. I don’t even know if she’s human. If I was Michael, I would’ve given up on her a long time ago, as she sounds like a conceited [something that Y!A's naughty word filter doesn't like].
You have at least thought about why you’re writing like this, which is more than a lot of people round here seem to do, but it doesn’t work. The reader needs to be able to see the scene, and vague generalities like "undesired sight" make it sound as though the author hasn’t thought about what the scene looks like. If you’re deliberately withholding information in the hope that the reader will keep reading to get some answers… that’s not going to work either. Not everybody agrees with me on this, but I *detest* it when I notice the author doesn’t tell me something that the character sees or thinks while that character is on the page, simply to maintain tension and keep me reading. It’s like a bad magic act, where I can see the false back of the cabinet bulging because the assistant is leaning against it.
Final point - lose the cliches (stubborn as a mule, hard-headed as a bull…).
Steve | Jan 08, 2010
yes, just be sure you get a job good enough to support such a habit
chorle | Jan 09, 2010
ryry | Aug 24, 2009