As we contemplate the weekend, I'd like to leave you with three bits of glittering Internet writing gold.
Over at Portfolio's media blog, Jeff Bercovici just staged the first Peter Travers vs. Pete Hammond movie critic face-off, looking at two film writers who rave most often on advertisements for bad movies.
Dig it: "Who is the true master of the electrifying! pulse-pounding! glorious! movie write-up? Which deserves to be beatified by studio flacks, and crucified by moviegoers who just want to avoid plunking down $11 on straight-to-video-quality dreck?"
Then, check out The Best of Smith Magazine 2007 post, it's jam-packed with storytelling goodness. Start with Writing the Whip by Mistress Y for some pulse-pounding weekend reading. You won't be able to stop...
Finally, Gawker's new science fiction blog (edited by one of my journalism heroes, Annalee Newitz) has an essay about stills from serial science fiction movies from the 1930's. Staring at these ghostly panels describing Gene Autry's surreal adventures as a space cowboy, my head buzzes with story ideas.
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