Tom Augood

Fiction Writer & Film Reviewer ▪︎ Aspiring Editor ▪︎ Brunel University Graduate ▪︎ All views woefully uninformed, but my own

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Hello Twitter! I'm Tom and between some very bad puns I dabble in all sorts of writing. As well as following here, you can check out my site at https://t.co/itENgn7sN4 where I post occasional film or game reviews, features and more!

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And, as Part 2 of posting for now, here's my review of the muddled and middling new(ish) game release, Crimson Desert. https://t.co/rMbmBzKyF6

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I may have forgotten to post my last review, so Twitter may have a double bill, as a treat. Here's my review of the hopecore-heavy Project Hail Mary.
https://t.co/tf5IGhfkcb

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Another unexplained large break, another blog post - this time about Remnant II, and why I only kind of like it (despite playing for almost 125 hours): https://t.co/gkhTFR5A0D

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I'm back after a bit of a break with a game review - my new favourite survival game, Abiotic Factor! https://t.co/T6PSOUl7Kj

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Back with my first blog post of 2025, and a review of Robert Eggers' Nosferatu! A Nosfereview? Nosferatview? Nah, those puns suck... https://t.co/0cVmXFvmcI

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Not me leaving it over a year for another blog post... anywhere, here's one of the customary catch-ups with some fiction at the end: https://t.co/nFluDVdMe1

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After months of trying and many conversations with friends, I've put a few of my thoughts about healthy art discussion into words in this blog post. Let me know what you think, and remember - don't be an Artshole! https://t.co/KMoApf9mw8

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I'm back with another blog post! This time it's a review of Guillermo del Toro's "Cabinet of Curiosities". Check out what I thought of the Netflix anthology series here: https://t.co/hi8KtbQiMx

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Does a second Creme Egg around midday constitute "lunch"? Asking for, well, myself

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@KianaInTheSkye But he wrote a lot of books and had a successful Kickstarter, yet the article writer hadn't heard of him. So something Must Be Going On!

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This article about Brandon Sanderson just seems so... poorly written? Snobby? Needlessly salty? All three and more? Jason Kehe comes across as, well, a right arse. https://t.co/PEupGmm9FR

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@BoleynBooks @KianaInTheSkye Yes, many people forget that something being well-done from a craft point of view and something being enjoyable doesn't always overlap. Hence "so bad it's good" media. It's something I've been trying to write a post about for ages, but I'm trying to work out how to phrase it!

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@BoleynBooks @KianaInTheSkye Journalist SHOCKED to discover that prolific and successful author he's never heard of before is just Quite a Nice Guy, Actually

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In exciting news, I may soon be taking on my first freelance/ external contracted copy-editing and copy-writing job. Doing some frantic Googling on how to go about setting up this sort of thing regarding taxes etc.

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Here I am, meandering into my 2023 writings with my first blog post: This one's all about nostalgia goggles: https://t.co/yP10mY6NYr

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Currently 31 minutes into a 57 minute video where I don't agree with a thing the person is saying, and am increasingly infuriated by their bad takes. Yes, I am going to watch the remaining 26 minutes and no, I don't know why. How's your Monday going?

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I think for me, the only thing I *know* I don't like is a restrictive prompt. A certain writing subreddit is rife with these "I have a Really Cool Idea, but could you do the Actually Tricky Writing Part?"
(I think I'm still subscribed purely to occasionally annoy myself)

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As I'm trying to drag myself back into the mode of being creative, I've done a lot of thinking about writing prompts. It's strange, but I'm not entirely sure I can nail a "perfect" kind of prompt that will work for me every time

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I'm always interested to hear from other people - what works for them, what doesn't and why. Can there be such a thing as a "bad" writing prompt, and if so, what does it look like?