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Continue to Grow

Continue to Grow

There is a thrill in the endless techniques to learn, layered on top of simple principles, that add complexity, appeal, and connection to your writing.
John McStravick Nov 22, 2024
Looking Around

Looking Around

Have you every watched a movie so many times that your eyes and ears begin to wander?
John McStravick Apr 5, 2022
The End is just the Beginning

The End is just the Beginning

One of my favorite things about the end of the year is the ‘Best Of’ lists that pop up everywhere on the internet. They are inherently arbitrary. Inescapable. And I love them.
John McStravick Jan 13, 2022
Peak Good

Peak Good

Mare of Easttown is good. With exceptional acting, an interesting, layered story, and a solid production, it’s a worth a watch. A focused story about a woman and her job, a town and its people, and the shared experience of struggle, there is a lot to like. But while
John McStravick Jul 9, 2021
The ReWatchables

The ReWatchables

When you sit down to watch a movie for the first time, there is always an anticipation of the unknown. Be it in the theater, in your home, or while traveling, you are wondering, what’s going to happen? Many factors — excitement, escape, curiosity, boredom — influence the type of anticipation.
John McStravick Sep 3, 2020

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