I’m halfway through the Judd Apatow Teaches Comedy MasterClass and am loving it so much I thought I’d take a quick break to write up my thoughts so far.  I’ve been the biggest Judd Apatow fan for years. I’ve rewatched Freaks and Geeks all the way through multiple times (it was a tragedy that it was […]

Listen up, English students. I’m sick of you lot coming to me with your crummy essays. I love you guys. But you grind my gears sometimes. 90% of problems I see with English Literature essays are due to laziness.  The fixes are simple.  And I’m going to give them to you right now so all […]

Styling and formatting essays can be a major PITA. Why can’t our arguments stand on their own merits? That’s how I used to think for more than half of my university career. And for most of my time at university I was throwing away easy marks. People fear learning proper essay styling and formatting because it […]

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the release of the R.L. Stine Teaches Writing For Young Audiences MasterClass. I had literally just ordered a huge stack of Goosebumps and Fear Street books. They were a treat for finishing the first draft of a new novel and I was also keen to study how R.L. Stine writes for […]

I’ve held immense respect for Bob Woodward’s investigative journalism ever since I saw All the President’s Men in my teenage years. I went on to devour his Pulitzer Prize winning work and many of his fascinating non-fiction books. For years, I had dreams of becoming an investigative journalism myself (primarily interested in war-torn regions and government corruption). […]