Today you learned a disturbing secret.

The town you grew up in doesn’t exist.

#memory #mystery #Vague #WritingPrompt

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Where your character lives (or lived) under their bed is a forgotten item, what is the significance and story of this item?

Under your character’s bed is a forgotten item. What is the significance of the item? What’s the untold story?

This is one of our questions for writers. It is designed to be answered in different ways in whatever location suits you. For example, your blog (via WebMention – ping form below), Mastodon (via ActivityPub), or leave us a comment.

#history #items #QuestionsForWriters

https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/questions-for-writers/where-your-character-lives-or-lived-under-their-bed-is-a-forgotten-item-what-is-the-significance-and-story-of-this-item/

Today your parents told you that they are time travellers

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#gallery #MoodBoard #sciFi #timeTravel #Prompts

https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/today-your-parents-told-you-that-they-are-time-travellers/

Three weeks ago you met a ghost. Now you are best friends. Only you can see her.

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#fantasy #ghost #Prompts

https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/three-weeks-ago-you-met-a-ghost-now-you-are-best-friends-only-you-can-see-her/

A childhood spent flying wildly above bury bushes and trees had taught me the value of not falling. #OneSentenceWritingPrompt

It was a teenaged idea at best, not well formed at all, but it was the only fuel her intuition had to chew on, so she had no choice but to go with it. #OneSentenceWritingPrompt

Should writers avoid AI?

What are your thoughts on AI for writing books? There is a growing trend of outright rejecting AI content. For example, hashtags like #HumanMade and #NoAI are growing traction.

I’ve already said that AI is a danger for authors. The TL;DR is that you have no way of knowing if the AI is recycling another author’s work landing you into plagiarism territory.

On the other hand, AI might be the shortcut to creating content. If it is good but a computer made it, is it still good? Can AI art be as good as human-made?

As AI gets better at passing for human, should authors use AI? Are you pro-AI, anti-AI, or indifferent?

Posted to AI on OpenMentions

#AI #HumanMade #NoAI #plagiarism #Art #Books

https://chat.authorbuzz.co.uk/books/should-writers-avoid-ai/

What’s your editing process?

Tell us about your editing process. Where do you start and what do you focus on?

Filed under Writing on Open Mentions

#editing #Writing

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Octad of fails

A person who fails so hard at life that they do it in blocks of eight. A person who is impressively bad at something. Living proof that it is possible to be worse at something than a dead monkey.

An octad is a set of eight things.

You can get the Fictional Dictionary for some spare pocket change on all regional Amazon sites – US link, UK link… For Kindle Unlimited users, it is entirely free.

#Excerpts

https://fictional-dictionary.isbrill.com/excerpts/octad-of-fails/

An Introduction for Mastodon

Hi, Matt here again. This account is where I share entries from my book The Fictional Dictionary of Bad Language.

This book started as a document where I wrote down fun-sounding fake swears and insults that I thought up. At some point (I don’t remember when) I released the collection on Kindle. Follow me for fun wordy nonsense.

If you particularly like my inventions, please consider buying (or reading for free) on Amazon. If asked often enough, I’ll probably make the effort to publish in other places too (it might take a long time though).

#FictionalDictionary #Introduction #words #newsAndUpdates

https://fictional-dictionary.isbrill.com/news-and-updates/an-introduction-for-mastodon/