Generic things. IKEA delivers generic things: There’s nothing more bookshelf than a Billy bookshelf. That’s the future of AI as it relates to the current popular uses.
This prompt steps into the middle of an ongoing, never-ending debate among the writing community: Should you write to market or write what you’d want to read? I can only represent one of these perspectives, write what you’d want to read.
The prompt is a bit of a trap. It says “switch lives” with a fictional character. While you’re in their life, they’re also in yours. Plan Accordingly.
Ah yes, the tropes that must die! I’ve actually written about this one before but it needs updated. I have two and a half tropes that I’d like to talk about.
Let’s explore the first impressions made by books, TV, and movies that we’d love to experience again, as new.
I don’t think most fictional worlds would be fun to vacation in, unless you’re into extreme risk. They’re the setting of a story for a reason, and that reason usually involves violence or mortal stakes of some kind.
Meet the crew of the experimental ship Santa Maria. It’s not a happy crew, but that’s OK, they may all die soon anyway…
I read an interview with a writer who was asked to give advice to new writers, and he replied simply “Writers write.” If you’ve ever tried to write a novel, you’d know it’s not that easy.
Sometimes these writing prompts aggravate me. This one was one of them. Stories, even flawed ones, represent the story that the author chose to tell.
Over on Threads, Wil Wheaton was asking about our best movie theatre experiences. I’m going to say my best movie theatre experience involved Star Trek: The Search For Spock
