Author Archives: Rach Loveday

John Marsden Writing Topic #224

No-one suffers like the mechanic** Additional Service I should have never set up my car mechanical business at the petrol station. It seemed like the perfect business plan at the time – regular potential customers who could drop in after they filled up their cars (if they happened to hear any loud or mysterious noises as they were travelling), and

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Furious Fiction – March 2026

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – March 2026 short story competition was as follows: *** Additional Service I should have never set up my car mechanical business at the petrol station. It seemed like the perfect business plan at the time – regular potential customers who could drop in after they filled up their cars (if they happened

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John Marsden Writing Topic #231

Describe a visit to the dream factory** The Sandman’s Factory Tour Are you enjoying the tour of my factory? I’m the Sandman, most people think I bring them dreams by sprinkling sleep-inducing sand into their eyes as they yawn for the final time of that day. In reality, like any other product that needs to be manufactured, I need a

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Furious Fiction – April 2026

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – April 2026 short story competition was as follows: *** The Sandman’s Factory Tour Are you enjoying the tour of my factory? I’m the Sandman, most people think I bring them dreams by sprinkling sleep-inducing sand into their eyes as they yawn for the final time of that day. In reality, like any

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Disney Era Analysis – The Revival Era

Now that I’ve finished reviewing and analysing Disney’s Post-Renaissance Era, the next era I will be exploring is the Revival Era. The Revival Era consisted of the following ten animated feature films, and lasted for ten years from 2009 to 2019: The Revival Era is known for its return to the “old formula” (storytelling similar to the Renaissance Era), improved and advanced

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Disney Era Analysis – My ranking of the Post-Renaissance Era films

Now that I’ve watched and written analysis pieces on the eleven animated feature films of the Post-Renaissance Era: Fantasia 2000, Dinosaur, The Emperor’s New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Lilo & Stitch, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear, Home on the Range, Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons, and Bolt, I’m going to rank them from my least favourite to my favourite. 11 – Home

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Disney Era Analysis – Bolt

As mentioned in the first blog post in this series, I’ll be writing analysis content on all 60+ Disney animated feature films and their film making eras. The sixth era is the Post-Renaissance Era, which ran from 1999 to 2008 and started with Fantasia 2000. As mentioned in a previous blog post, the Post-Renaissance Era is known for: its experimentation with both computer-generated

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Disney Era Analysis – Meet the Robinsons

As mentioned in the first blog post in this series, I’ll be writing analysis content on all 60+ Disney animated feature films and their film making eras. The sixth era is the Post-Renaissance Era, which ran from 1999 to 2008 and started with Fantasia 2000. As mentioned in a previous blog post, the Post-Renaissance Era is known for: its experimentation with both computer-generated

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Disney Era Analysis – Chicken Little

As mentioned in the first blog post in this series, I’ll be writing analysis content on all 60+ Disney animated feature films and their film making eras. The sixth era is the Post-Renaissance Era, which ran from 1999 to 2008 and started with Fantasia 2000. As mentioned in a previous blog post, the Post-Renaissance Era is known for: its experimentation with both computer-generated

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