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I began writing in grade school, mostly screenplays. In high school, I took a lot of English and Creative Writing classes. Then in college, I studied Telecommunications, specifically film and television production, and I took more Creative Writing courses, including screenwriting. I also took several Genre Studies courses, studying the conventions of the Western, Sci-fi, and Action-Adventure films and fiction.
I like to say that everything I write is a love story, but in my fiction, the obstacles lovers have to overcome are usually supernatural in nature. My stuff also tends to get pretty dark at times. My Sci-fi is dark. My Fantasy is dark. And my Horror, of course, is dark.
My characters. I like to write strong, smart women. My female leads are not damsels in distress. They fight right alongside the men. And those male leads know and appreciate their strength. They have no problem stepping aside to let these warrior women kick ass!
Sometimes, the music helps to set the mood, to create an atmosphere. Other times, it helps with pacing, particularly during an action scene. Often, the music of these film composers just lets my imagination soar.
So I was hooked early on, and with the show having recently wrapped it's 10-episode 1st season, I'm happy to report that my interest in the show has not waned. In fact, Sweet/Vicious has only one real problem in my book, but it's the best kind of problem to have: they have so many more great stories to tell! MTV definitely needs to give the series a second season.
While the series had two main leads and lots of fascinating supporting characters, the bulk of Sweet Vicious's 1st season was about Jules Thomas, a rape survivor who turns vigilante after her college campus tries to silence what happened to her. We see her wrestle with both her dual life as a college student and vigilante and the intense and overwhelming emotions that come from surviving a traumatic experience.
We also see her finally confront what happened to her by telling her best friend Kennedy that she was raped and that her attacker was Kennedy's boyfriend, Nate. That led to an emotionally cathartic finale where Jules once again tried to hold Nate accountable via the system, but when that failed, she and Ophelia provided the school and their peers with irrefutable proof that the big man on campus is a monster.
Other interesting characters that need more focus and spotlight include: Harris's sorority sister girlfriend Fiona, who is a lot smarter than anyone gives her credit for; Westport police officer Mike Leach (I'd love to get more of a cop's perspective on the Darlington Vigilantes); and Darlington College's most intrepid and under-appreciated security guard, Barton.
On top of that, this season raised a lot of questions about Sweet Vicious's setting of Darlington College and the town of Wesport. Who are the powerful people in town that are overlooking and covering up the epidemic of sexual violence at Darlington? And when will the girls get a chance to take them down?
With it's first 10 episodes, MTV's Sweet/Vicious told a highly satisfying, powerful, and poignant crime story of surviving violence and finding justice. They also planted the seeds for a lot more interesting stories to tell, especially now that Jules and Ophelia's vigilantes have gone from being urban legends to a secret power on their campus that students can turn to for justice. So MTV, the balls in your court! You've got a great crime show with many more promising stories that deserve to and need to be told. Renew Sweet/Vicious now!
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Heather Hogan is an Autostraddle senior editor who lives in New York City with her wife, Stacy, and their cackle of rescued pets. She's a member of the Television Critics Association, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, and a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer critic. You can also find her on Twitter and Instagram.
Heather, you captured everything I loved about this movie, and more. My theater was, I kid you not, about 80% women. I also had a dudebro sitting next to me that at the end proclaimed he liked Wonder Woman better, and another woman in the theater gave him a verbal smackdown to end all- about how we can like BOTH movies for different reasons.
It was visually stunning and the soundtrack was amazing but I thought the film was a bit rushed. I wish they fleshed out her story a bit more but I guess if it gets a sequel we can delve deeper into her story.
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Every online dating site provides you with a text box in which to introduce yourself. This space is where your potential matches will first hear your voice and sense your personality beyond the photo. Your goal here is to immediately capture their attention so that it is impossible for them to stop reading after the first sentence. You want them to stay with you until the very end and feel like they got to know you as a person. The points to focus on in the self-summary are narrative, details, uniqueness, and confidence.
Narrative: Begin your self-summary with a sentence that launches into a story about yourself. Everyone loves a story. As soon as you start telling a story, everyone wants to know what happens next. This story should have attention grabbing details, unique references, and possibility for development. Here are some sample opening lines:
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As a single person who has lived in this city for a short time, I love the opportunity to meet cool people from many walks of life. At the last tropical themed potluck party that I hosted, I met someone who used to be personal secretary to the Prince of Dubai!
For a long time I wanted to be a doctor because I liked the idea of helping people, but as I learned more about pollution and environmental problems, I realized that I wanted to address health risks at the societal level. That got me into pursuing a masters in public health.
The story you choose to tell in your self-summary should reveal important personal journeys, values, and positive personality traits. Here are some questions to help you tell your story. You can answer one question in several paragraphs in your self-summary, or answer several questions with a paragraph each, or answer a bunch of these questions with one sentence each:
Details: Details are what grab your reader and enable them to relate to your life. Instead of saying you like to travel, talk about a particularly meaningful trip that you have taken. Instead of saying you like to eat out, talk about your favorite cuisines and favorite venues. Instead of saying you love your children, describe what you love to do with them and what they add to your life. Talk about a specific memory that brings to life your interests and desires. Give us details of the location, names of people, the sights, the smells, your feelings in the moment. Tell us what happened before, during, and after. Here is an example of using details to tell a story from one of my essays:
Uniqueness: What makes you different from others is what makes you memorable. Did you grow up in Montana or South Africa? Talk about it! Do you have a unique hobby like roller derby or building computers? Did you win a local pie eating contest? Did you go sky diving last summer? Do you have a metal rod where you broke your collarbone? Do you have a collection of model ships? Have you been on 100 blind dates? Whatever it is, something that is unique about you gives others a chance to be curious about you and ask for more information.
Here is an opportunity to promote what you would bring to a relationship, and tailor it to what you want out of a relationship. If you are looking for an emotionally intimate relationship, highlight your ability to listen, nurture, and cuddle. If you are looking for a domestic partner you might highlight your skills in cooking or fixing things. If you are looking for someone to have fun with you might mention your knack in finding good travel deals.
You might also use this space to reveal some qualities not revealed in the self-summary. So if your self-summary emphasizes your responsible, accomplished side, you might reveal a skill here that shows your playful, artistic side. If your self-summary emphasized your playful, exploratory nature, then use this space to show that you can be serious and persevering too. Skills that are unique to you are better than generic ones that lots of people possess.
What material possessions or favorite things are unique to you? Things that other people might not need but are indispensable to you, that reveal your unique tastes and quirks? Explain each one a little bit. In my profile I put:
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