Sean Patrick
Bio
Hello, my name is Sean Patrick He/Him, and I am a film critic and podcast host for the I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast I am a voting member of the Critics Choice Association, the group behind the annual Critics Choice Awards.
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Juxtaposition as a Storytelling Device Let's talk about Juxtaposition. Juxtaposition is a great storytelling tool that you can use to expand your storytelling options. It can provide the jumping off point for your plot, a subplot, or it could be used to add a minor character detail that further fleshes out your character and their personality. So, what is Juxtaposition? It's taking two seemingly different concepts and crossing them together. Place two things next to one another and compare and contrast them. This could be physical items or concepts.
By Sean Patricka day ago in Writers
Subversion in Storytelling Let's talk about Subversion. Subversion, as I am going to use it in this essay, means creating an expectation and then defying that expectation. As storytellers, whether in short story, novel, or screenwriting, the tools in our toolbox are vast and subversion is one of those terrific tools. When you use subversion you are taking what the audience expects and turning it around to surprise the audience who have been trained by years of reading and watching stories.
By Sean Patrick2 days ago in Writers
Jenny Nicholson's Most Successful Videos I'm a fan of Jenny Nicholson, I have been for some time now. My Jenny awakening came when she dropped her incredible fandom deep dive on Bronycon. I was vaguely familiar with Bronycon as I had once been assigned to write about Bronies, a documentary about the seemingly odd phenomenon of adult men who enjoyed watching the cartoon series My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. The documentary was not very good. It contained few insights and came off as clearly pandering to the Bronies rather than providing any real insight about this unique fascination.
By Sean Patrick3 days ago in Geeks