Recent content by Steven McC

Wuthering Heights for me as well. There's a brilliant piece of Marxist literary analysis by Terry Eagleton that explains so much of its "unexplainable" features and gives the novel extra resonance - e.g. Heathcliff is Catherine's true love but she must leave him because society does not care for...

@Dan Payne I agree with loads of what you said. Ideally the whole last season and perhaps a bit of the one before would be rewritten to lift them nearer to the standard of the previous seasons. I cannot agree, however, that the writers deserve credit for what they achieved in so few episodes...

Episode 5 (Remastered) Episode proceeds much as in the show until the bells of surrender ring out. Daenerys takes off on Drogon and flies towards Cersei in the Red Keep, Rather than (ludicrously, inexplicably) beginning to scorch innocent women and children she flies to the Keep to confront...

There have been a few threads on here lamenting how shoddy the ending to Game of Thrones was. As we're all writers, I wondered if anyone fancied having a go at their own ending to the show or a rewrite of particularly disappointing episodes. Someone on YouTube has had a go at rewriting the last...

Good point. So, so many plot holes and cases of characters acting...well, out of character. I felt like Bronn was underused in this series, he's been one of the most enjoyable characters, but that was hardly the biggest problem with season 8...

Thanks for the link. I was absolutely incredulous in episode 5, I just didn't understand or accept the change in Dany's character. It wasn't believable in a show where the writing has made many unbelievable things so believable. I wonder if they got a bit lazy and thought because they had such a...

Hi Pete I'm keen to take part in Submissions Surgery but wasn't expecting it to function as a one-on-one. Will it be mandatory for authors to contribute audio to the process? My work would be happy in the spotlight but I'm not so sure I will be! Thanks

Well done Marc, well deserved!

No offence intended, Katie-Ellen The reason I picked up on the mention of Corbyn is that I think he's a key figure in a debate about psychopathic institutions, not because of his personal characteristics but because of what he stands for (based on how he votes) The website theyworkforyou.com...

Why do you fear and distrust Corbyn Katie-Ellen?

Isn't that because our institutions are psychopathic? The documentary The Corporation used the DSM-IV definition of a psychopath a few years ago and applied it to modern corporations - lack of empathy, inability to stay within the law, etc - and found that corporations ticked every box. It's no...

Welcome to Litopia Ali

"proper grammar," "Oxford comma" I'm scared to let you in now...

Hi Cayleigh Welcome to Litopia and thanks for introducing yourself so thoroughly! Thanks, also, for your membership request to my short story feedback section. I won't be posting a new story for a few weeks but when I do I'll make sure to add you. All the best in the meantime and hope you find...

Cheers Pete Hope you weren't too harsh on he/she/it. It's heart/primary power source is clearly in the right place.