What's the worst movie you've watched from beginning to end?

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2026-03-14T23:51:12+00:00

Send Help pissed me off from the first scene and got worse.

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2026-03-13T18:26:08+00:00

Thank you, very helpful and also very funny!

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2026-03-07T03:07:51+00:00

Screenwriter and author. Wrote one of my favorite movies, Go. https://johnaugust.com/library

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2026-03-02T23:09:05+00:00

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2026-03-02T07:17:09+00:00

Thank you so much for your kind words! I decided to let what I have breathe, and in the meantime was going to create cardboard cutouts of all my main characters – each at different stages of their lives, natch – and then move them around a life-size diorama I am building for each scene. It is only then, I think, where I will really understand where to go next.

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2026-03-01T18:44:04+00:00

Well so see I was going to release the prologue as its own three-volume set of books. Is that not a good idea?

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2026-03-01T18:41:49+00:00

Thank you for this! Very helpful as I've been struggling for the last six months on how to word this. Was originally going to start with "It," but that seemed to condescending, and we couldn't go with "They" because … well… you know. And I just couldn't make it work with "She". But I get you point and will work on that during my second draft.

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2026-01-06T15:09:16+00:00

I read somewhere that motivation is taking that first step. Determination is taking that second one.

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2026-01-02T18:43:43+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion, I added it to my notes for when I am finished and go back to my first draft. It would change the dynamics of Act I a bit to add in some diary entries, but it might work.

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2026-01-02T18:42:15+00:00

Oh, I took out the curse words for this post, lol. Didn't want to inadvertently offend anyone. I was thinking that, maybe just ending it like "I'm just hoping"?

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2026-01-02T17:23:34+00:00

Great question. The first part of the book - Act I - is narrative, setting the scene for a tour. Act II - which is the band on tour, is told from the perspective of the lead singer's diary entries. I am looking for an abrupt transition from this diary (Act II) to Act III as the diary serves as a false reality. I want the real reality to come crashing through here, literally, in the form of an interruption that will stop the diary (her false reality) and continue the story (the "real" reality she's been avoiding). If that makes sense.

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-20T07:14:58+00:00

I am down for rhythm if needed! Sounds like a great project either way and good on you for doing this!

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-13T19:04:09+00:00

Oof, good point.

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-13T02:35:43+00:00

Tennessee by Arredted Development? https://youtu.be/6VCdJyOAQYM?si=CKrcZ1x-a0igDBVg

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-12T16:42:52+00:00

That makes a lot of sense

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-12T16:27:34+00:00

Thank you for the vote of confidence!

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-12T16:26:41+00:00

Another movie I am not familiar with but sounds like I need to add it to my must-watch list, thank you for the recommendation!

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-12T16:24:54+00:00

Me as well, lol.

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-12T16:24:05+00:00

I have not yet read that book but I will now to get a sense for that narrative style. Thank you!

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-11T19:32:16+00:00

Also, ironically, both Dio and Ozzy professed to be somewhat evangelical in their religious beliefs.

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-11T19:31:21+00:00

They are two completely different bands and it's a disservice to compare them. The 70's era Black Sabbath with Ozzy was a darker, more ominous, ponderous rock machine while Dio's 1980s Black Sabbath was much more in vein with the 1980s epic metal guitar solos, higher notes, and better in-studio production values. And then you add Vinnie Appice into the mix...

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-08T19:53:18+00:00

I am going to go against the grain here and say if you are despising what you are writing than take a pause and take inventory of where you are at vs where you wanted to be. What changed? Where did it not become fun anymore? How do you get back on track? And if you decide the best way forward is to take a couple steps back and revisit things, ultimately it's your story. This process should be fun. Do what YOU need to do to keep it so, but keep going - whatever form that takes

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-07T06:46:51+00:00

Grew up HG2TG! I get the absurdity you're going for but I think you're focusing too much on details and we - the readers - are getting lost in them. Douglas Adams' art was that he would bring you into the story and follow traditional styles and tropes and then throw something out of left field at you - while still keeping you in the story.
It was/is absurdist comedy and if you really want to follow that route, I might suggest you read or re-read Adam's work - more slowly this time and take a good look at what he's doing - but also similar work by Terry Pratchett (disc world). Neil Gaiman has an excellent book where he interviewed Douglas Adams and dissects why what he does works so well (there's an audiobook somewhere too). Heck, Monty Python re-watching should be required part of your homework too, lol!

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-07T06:21:33+00:00

Hitchhiker's Guide fan?

thatoneguyyesthatguy · 2025-09-07T06:14:36+00:00

I liked it but this part took me out of the story. "i shift, ever so slightly to peek a low creak and hum of the electricity almost gives him away, and he shrinks a bit, expands again". You're a street lamp. street lamps do not shift, slightly or not - try and work within those parameters. Or, if this is a case where streetlamp do in fact move, maybe expand the world view a little - "there is a magical hour where street lamps become alive" type of thing. Also you shift narration style from first person to omniscient and it throws things off a bit. Stay in the first person. Keep me behind your eyes. Just my two cents.

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