Write about someone who critiques things for a living, or acts like they do.

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“Mar's Movie Critique” by J. M

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Hey Movie Aliens! Welcome back for another installment of Mar’s Movie Critique. Unfortunately, I have some bad news for you all today: The HeroMan movie was garbage. But before you go and add me to the list of people who believe I don’t know what I’m talking about just because I don’t get the hype around a new movie in a beloved franchise, just hear me out. Well, I went to see this movie the day it was released (last Friday) with my now ex girlfriend. We were under the impression that this would be the movie that gave mor...

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“I am Sabastian Rhodes” by Chris Redd

Submitted to Contest #141

At 1 am, you’re your biggest critic, everyone else is normally asleep. The night air is balmy, thick with the scent of fresh rain. Neon lights, along deserted streets, are cathartic as I venture to a little donut shop named Earls, which is the only place open. It’s nostalgia; food for my soul. Earl’s atmosphere is a mixture of a thousand pounds of grease and sugar and lots of it. You only live once. Please don’t tell my cardiologist. Earl is standing over a bubbling pot of oil with a dingy rag thrown over his shoulder, meticulousl...

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“Winnie's Letter” by Daniel Barnhart

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Winnie's letter John made a policy to never respond to the authors complaints after he gave them a negative review in the magazine. When he was a young journalist, he would make it a point to respond to every gripe, complaint or editorial mistake. Nothing he said would ever seem to calm anyone down. Heavy Is the Man Who Wears the Crown was a trusted magazine for pseudo-intellectuals to bond over the newest craze. Pseudo-intellectual people have always needed an intercessor to help them understand high concepts. Where the Israelites had Moses...

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“This Sly Old Fox” by Grace Long

Submitted to Contest #141

The curator was poring over the plans for the exhibition when he was informed of the woman-shaped problem in the hall. It was just piece of sand in the gears, he told himself as he bullied the errand boy out of the office and pointedly locked the door behind him. Nothing to get excited over. He’d have the interloper out on the street in no time, and then he could get back to his real job. And with that thought he emerged from the creaking, shadowy corridors of the back offices into the glory of the showroom. It was breathtaking no mat...

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“Anticipation” by Zachariah Shaw

Submitted to Contest #141

I have to ask myself, is there any greater confirmation of my enduring mystery than this: I am surrounded by cameras and microphones and notebooks and clickingflashingblinding lights. The chaos of the movie premiere turns around me like a planet in a strange orbit with me at the centre like a black sun. I am here, inside a Galaxy of critics contained within a Universe of hacks and lifestyl...

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Write about someone who critiques things for a living, or acts like they do.

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✍️ 35 stories

“Mar's Movie Critique” by J. M

“I am Sabastian Rhodes” by Chris Redd

“Winnie's Letter” by Daniel Barnhart

“This Sly Old Fox” by Grace Long

“Anticipation” by Zachariah Shaw

🌟 Similar prompts

Start your story with someone receiving a one-star review.

Write a story about someone struggling to swallow some harsh (but fair) constructive criticism.

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Write about a character named after one of our contest’s judges.

Contest #141

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