Thoughts on Continuity, Tone, and Beetlejuice

This video was inspired by an episode of The Wordy Pair Podcast where Justin told me about "Beetlejuice" and its sequel, "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice."

Now, I've never seen either of those movies, so Justin ends up explaining how the fun, playful tone of the first movie was completely absent from the second movie. It's honestly kind of fun when I ask a basic question or put forward a rudimentary suggestion and Justin is like, "They didn't do that."

Anyway, based on this, I made a video talking about the importance of continuity (including continuity of tone), as well as thinking up some circumstances where you can get away with paying less attention to previous works.

The Flavorless Nostalgia Pap of Alien: Romulus

(also available on your favorite podcatcher)

Last week Justin went and saw Alien: Romulus so we could do a Half-Blind Review of it on The Wordy Pair!

Long story short, the movie hits a lot of nostalgia boxes but the characters are paper-thin and overall the story is pretty bland.

Definitely worth listening to if you're tracking the downward spiral of the once-great Alien movie franchise!

Our Most Recent Podcast Is a Hilarious Rant!

 

I gotta say, I'm really proud of the most recent episode of the Wordy Pair Podcast. It's hilarious and it breaks down this really awful post about context cues, of all things. Somebody took a really basic, grade-school English topic and turned it into a confusing mess.

Halfway through, we started thinking it might be an AI article, and by the end, we decided AI would probably be clearer and make fewer mistakes!

If you want something fun and funny about writing to listen to, check it out!

You can find the whole series here. Whether you're a reader or a writer or even a movie watcher, you'll find something fun!

How to Deal with Common Writing Hang-Ups

 

I always forget to mention this, but a friend of mine (who is also a writer) and I have a weekly podcast about writing, reading, and media. We're "The Wordy Pair!" (See, it's a pun off of the old Japanese sci-fi novels/TV show "The Dirty Pair")

The most recent episode had a bunch of really funny moments, as well as a really solid discussion of many of the really common things that slow down a writer.

Come for the comedy, stay for the advice.