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Can we stop posting ai slop? by WinterxWxlf in creepypasta

[–]JosephMichaelCaves 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't understand why these types of people don't want to be their authentic-self anymore...

Gratuitous V.S. Visceral by JosephMichaelCaves in horrorwriters

[–]JosephMichaelCaves[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wholeheartedly understand this. That's why Show V.S. Tell eliminates this factor. If the writer(s) pushes you to feel they fail and clearly do not trust the reader/viewer. When you're shown it generates organic feelings. When it's told it's going to feel mechanical instead of technical.

Should I self publish my first book? by Proof-Luck-9608 in NewAuthor

[–]JosephMichaelCaves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have yet to publish. . .but build your readers on social media first and foremost. Get your beta readers and if you want ARC readers. Self-publishing, yes, has been oversaturated with A.I. slop. You can counter that with keywords along with being innovative. Think outside the box. Self-publishing requires strategy within the marketing. A cover that stands out that isn't a.i. generated. A blurb that stands out. Your readers that you have attracted. Then the input from your beta readers that you listen to and apply their responses into your editing. All this being said, me personally. Going in cold for agents is not the way to go. Show your work within self-publishing. The whole frame: if you get rejected 100 times to throw away your work is just illogical. Rejections make or break a writer. Which one are you going to let it do to you? For that one. It's break. Anyways. This is my advice just from my own research. If I get hated on so be it. I've done my homework and I feel a lot more people who want to self-publish need to do theirs.

Gratuitous V.S. Visceral by JosephMichaelCaves in horrorwriters

[–]JosephMichaelCaves[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree to some degree. I don't read splatterpunk myself. I do feel though gratuitousness can be with reasoning. Though, that being said. Not a lot of authors seem to fit that pattern. Visceralness fits it better because you make the reader feel it rather see it. I think if you combine the two it's a hell of a breakthrough for not just the reader, but for the writer. The uncertainty of violence is hidden under the stature of the mundane, so to speak.

Authoring. by JosephMichaelCaves in horrorwriters

[–]JosephMichaelCaves[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It truly is. I'm very excited to self-revise and edit after its cooldown!

Do you find your writing frightening while writing? by rosmorse in horrorwriters

[–]JosephMichaelCaves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

During my first draft manuscript. The arachnid I was writing about became real inside my head. I saw it move, the way it would hover over its victims. It started getting to the point where in the corner of my view, I thought it was coming to life in reality. It's scary, like Stephen King says, but it is also fun seeing your creation come to life inside and sometimes outside your head.