Five TV Shows That Will Make You A Better Writer

TV gets a bad rap. Parents say it will rot your brain, and Ray Bradbury depicts it as causing a nuclear holocaust. But I say it can improve your writing. Okay, not ALL TV improves you writing, but the good shows do. I have listed five shows that will get you that much closer to becoming…

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5 Teen Movies Based On Literature

Need some movie ideas for the weekend? Here are five fun possibilities: 1. Clueless and Emma A classic. Do I need to say more? As if! 2. Ten Things I Hate About You and Taming of the Shrew Heath Ledger and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are together in a film that features music from Letters from Cleo and Savage Garden. It is a beautiful,…

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5 Reasons Why The Great Gatsby Is So Popular

1. Fun Movies Baz Lurhmann is admittedly one of my favorite directors; he is the king of blending the old with the new. In his version, he teamed up with Jay-Z to create a film with dazzling clothes from the 1920s but with a hip-hop infused soundtrack. As for the older version, there is Ralph…

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