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Continue reading →: Goth DormmateRecently finished formatting a draft story with the working title “Goth Dormmate.” It sits in my roommate story genre with a goth girl vibe. Because it is one of my draft stories, these elements are representational. Young guys like Hidan and Chronic, idealize goth girls as the most intriguing subculture…
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Continue reading →: Research: Berserker RagePrompt: An alternative example of free will suspended: military combat. In most armies a soldier’s free will is suspended to the point of inaction without command. Yet in the US military they seemed to have achieved a state in which soldiers have not fully surrendered their free will as they…
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Continue reading →: Patriarchy PartyNote, when I don’t try to center a female character in my stories, I start doing stuff like the below. In mood, it is like my story idea about a cartel run Underground Railroad that helps divorced men fake their deaths and assume new identities to escape unpayable alimony and…
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Continue reading →: Research: Free Will and SexPrompt: Infidelity still being a choice despite the biological urge, may not be true. That judgement assumes free will. While in general people do exercise free will, my hypothesis is that during sexual engagement a participant can surrender their free will to the other (turn off free will so that…
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Continue reading →: Mysterious Homeless ManFormatting a short story with the working title ‘John-Doe’ about a homeless man. Despite the raw draft being 12k words, it ended with the following editing comment: “I still don’t know who this homeless man is or his motivation. He was a completely different person to everyone he spoke to.…
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Continue reading →: Research: Female InfidelityPrompt: Are there studies of female infidelity? For example, are wives without children more likely to cheat? Are wives that have jobs more likely to cheat? Copilot: Yes, there are studies on female infidelity. Research shows that women’s likelihood of cheating is influenced more by relationship dissatisfaction, opportunity, and social…
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Continue reading →: The Exhausted LandI have a new story idea about something real and old. An actual place with its history as a stage but with fictional characters and events. Working title “The Exhausted Land.” It would be about a derelict warehouse listed for sale at an outrageous price. It had sat neglected for…
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Continue reading →: Immersion without TravelingUnlike some writers who are geniuses and live IRL in the setting of the book during drafting, I am unlikely to do so. It lets them fashion the location into a character within their books. Edward Cline and Richard Gleaves are my favorite examples of such. My recently discovered cheat…
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Continue reading →: Boarding HouseOne place that I recently look to as inspiration for story ideas is Zillow. Essentially looking at an interesting home for sale and coming up with a story about it. Architecture as a stage. So, I recently got an email about one property that took an 18% list price cut.…
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Continue reading →: Alien AbductionAs one does, I talk to Copilot about the rise of peonage slave labor in the US through illegal immigration. Something that polite people don’t talk about, the return of slavery to the US under Democrat Party protection. Consequently, I had an idea for a modern Uncle Tom’s Cabin adapted…





