A Writers View

Category: Reviews & Reccommendations

  • The Hollow Crown RANKINGS

    I know what you’re thinking – “What is The Hollow Crown?” Well, The Hollow Crown is a BBC production of 8 Shakespeare plays condensed into 7 mini movies, Richard II, Henry IV part 1 & 2, Henry V, Henry VI part 1 & 2 & 3 (condensed into 2 eps)…

  • Book Recommendation: Jane Eyre

    Do you like drama? Do you like rain? Do you like mysterious strangers that just randomly appear and disappear on the road only to later end up being the master of the house at which you were just recently employed as a governess and now you find yourself falling for…

  • Music Recommendations: Hustling!

    The theme of music this week is Hustling! It’s music that gets me pumped to write, workout and clean. 🙂 So, for a story prompt let’s have the opening line be: “The scent of bleach wasn’t the only thing burning my nostrils.” What do you guys think? Doesn’t it get…

  • Drama Recommendation: Memories of the Alhambra

    If you’re in the mood for a beautifully shot, high-energy, romantic, sci-fi/fantasy, false-reality show – then please, PLEASE, go and watch Memories of the Alhambra over on Netflix. Memories of the Alhambra is a 2018 tvN Korean Drama starring Park Shin Hye and Hyun Bin. It tells the story of…

  • Music Recommendations: Ocean Love

    “When I heard the sea, I heard your soul.” – writing prompt These are just a handful of songs that make me think of star crossed love and the ocean. #1: LMLY by Jackson Wang #2: Lost by Maroon 5 #3: Golden by Harry Styles #4: Where We Wanna Be…

  • Drama Recommendation: I Am Not A Robot

    One of the best feel good happy drama’s out there, MBC’s 2017 kdrama I Am Not A Robot starring Yoo Seung Ho and Chae Soo Bin, will make you laugh, smile and cry. It follows Kim Min Kyu (played by Yoo Seung Ho) a, for lack of a better word,…

  • Song Recs of the Week

    How would you guys like weekly song recommendations? Songs with writing prompts on the side? You would? Really? Great! Here you go! 🙂 I’m gonna give you a song, a theme, a place and a time. #1: Alone by Junny from Witch’s Diner OST. Story Prompt: Unrequited Love and (to…

  • Here’s What I Would’ve Done!! When The Devil Calls Your Name (korean drama)

    When the Devil Calls Your Name is a brilliant tvN 2019 K-Drama inspired by the 18th century German play Faust starring Jung Kyung Ho and Park Sung Woong as the Devil. First off, it’s really an awesome drama. If you haven’t seen it, you really should go watch it over…

  • Movie Review: Rebecca (1940s)

    “…that’s for the 2nd Mrs. De Winter!” I just watched the 1940s Alfred Hitchcock version of Rebecca (after being amused by Michell and Webb’s, a British comedy duo, parody skit of the film – which can be found on YouTube) starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine and let me just…