Writing
The Rise of the Newsletter
They say all you need to be a writer, is to write. They say, if you write every day, you’re a writer. They say that…
Case Study: The Cost of Blogging
There are a great many great reasons to have your own website/blog, and a great many providers able to offer you a simple templated solution…
Mobile Apps for Writers 2019
These days many writers rely on their mobile devices, their phones and tablets, rather than (or in addition to) more analogue stationary. Anything to get…
Story of a Script: Bird Box
Bird Box was written by Eric Heisserer, based on the book of the same title by Josh Malerman. While Eric’s previous adaptation, Arrival was a…
TV & Movies
Thoughts on Joker (2019)
When Joker came out last year, I was in no great hurry to see it. I was curious, but not that curious, and the dialogue…
Oscar Nominated Short Films
We’re all excited about Parasite winning Best Picture, obviously, but the Academy Awards isn’t just about feature films. They may not acknowledge TV like the…
NowTV Sky Cinema – Worth it?
I’ve always tended to dip in and out of NowTV, usually based around whenever there’s a prestige show such as Game of Thrones, True Detective…
New Netflix Movies for 2020
Netflix Films was kind enough to announce their 2020 slate on Twitter, so I thought I’d list them all and familiarise myself with them. The…
Photography
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Filmmaking, Comics & Roleplaying
DIE! The Ultimate Comic / RPG Tie-In
I’m a big fan Kieron Gillen‘s work, and have been since Phonogram. His subsequent work on Journey Into Mystery and The Wicked + The Divine…
Alien Roleplaying Game Pre-Order
Ridley Scott’s Alien celebrates its 40th anniversary this May, and to commemorate it, Free League Publishing have opened pre-orders on their Alien roleplaying game. It…
Webseries: Relationshit
Relationshit is a comedy series by filmmaker, dog lover and online stranger-friend Ivy Jelisavac. It is about three housemates, trying to find love, and ending…
Spielberg in anti-Netflix crusade
When Steven Spielberg made comments last year about Netflix, deriding their movies as ‘TV Movies’, deserving of an Emmy rather than an Oscar, I called…
Others
It’s Been 84 Years…
It’s not been 84 years, it only feels that way. It’s been over seven months since the last post went up on Story Factory, back…
The Chair Leg Thesis for Success in Creative Endeavours
What do you need to find success in creative endeavours? It’s the greatest puzzle and most asked question by people trying to break in to…
Beyond the Event Horizon
One thing the diversification of our entertainment ecosystem hasn’t changed, is that it’s still not OK to like things, if the internet says ‘no’. Despite…
From the Archives: Doctor Who? – Fifty Years of a Jack In A Box
I originally wrote this in 2013, for a different website. But I thought I’d resurrect this blast from the past, so it doesn’t vanish into…