Let’s TikTok talk about craft! These videos are between one and three minutes and are designed to get you thinking critically about other people’s work, and so, inescapably, your own.

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Practical Magic’s bungled thematics

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Body image in character design, cartooning and comics

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“Hammer Glamour” and the long-running disrespect shown to costuming and grooming (character design) by Hammer historians

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Adaptation between mediums as a specific craft (horror focus)

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October 2022 weekday Hammer Horror critical recommendations

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The Mind of Mr Soames: movies have always been about modern concerns

Understanding character design & “how-to”s (newest last)

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Why “formulaic writing” is perfectly fine when you know your OWN formula

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TikToks about my Patreon film pairing column Double Features for Dozy Creatures

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How and why to write girly characters without prejudice

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Why and how comic writers need to provide resources for their artistic collaborators

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Critical analysis of Heartbreak High (original series)

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Nick Hornby vs Jaqueline Wilson

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Analysing Point Horror vampire romance for its winning formulas and literary value

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My job day to day

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Take Me to the Place I Love on TikTok

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How TikTok talks about “male” and “female” gaze

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Autistic experience and recognising self-worth through fiction (Specifics: Extreme Ghostbusters, Wednesday Addams, X-Men)

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Free worksheet to help you process this re: your own favourites

How to think about Satanic Panic and “celebrity cannibalism”

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Crispmas: my annual December critical celebration of Crispin Glover movies

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How to “talk about the art” when discussing comic books

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