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Author/Series/Book Branding and Other Marketing Nonsense
The DRS Crew discusses in-depth branding for authors and their work.
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2 months ago
Writer? Meet Public. Public? Meet Writer
Readers leave comments. Readers send emails. Readers respond to your social media posts.
But how should you interact with them? The DRS Crew discusse…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Quotables, Homages, and Outright Theft
When should a character or narrator use a quote? Does it have to be attributed? What about aping characters from an existing property? How do you do …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Infinitely Told Tales
So-called "fairy tales" are some of the oldest tales. As writers, what tropes/plots/character archetypes can we steal to use in our speculative ficti…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Humans Do It Better
Michael J Strazinski wrote an article called "Silence Where a Story Would Have Been" that argues that the current state of the art AIs are incapable …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
SciFi/Fantasy Social Systems and World Building
Does your future or fantasy world require a system of government? How about a social caste system? How in-depth do you need to be in constructing soc…
3 months ago
Aliens and Religion
What effect, if any, would the discovery of aliens have on today's religions? Will those religions change if we become a truly space-faring race? Wil…
3 months, 1 week ago
Audible, AI, and Lawsuits
Audible is literally stealing from content creators, Eleven Labs is accused of stealing voices, and the DRS Crew is at its wits' end.
DRS caffeinat…
4 months, 1 week ago
Timelines and Other Temporal Mischief
Terry and Veronica wonder about timelines and whether or not Paul exists after his surgery.
DRS caffeinates with Larry's Coffee. If you want to purch…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Arcs Vs Arcs
What are character arcs vs story arcs? Why do they matter?
The DRS Crew discusses.
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4 months, 2 weeks ago