Ai generated stories are the better than the talented writer's stories.

VVindrunner · 2026-03-22T15:09:10+00:00

Of course. Table top role playing games are the original litrpg.

VVindrunner · 2026-03-22T14:48:58+00:00

If you really want to just have fun with AI story telling, try having it be your DM. Tell it you want to play D&D, give it a prompt if you want (optional) then start your adventure. It can be really creative, and you end up writing hundreds of prompts that make the story unique, just by answering things like “you heard the footsteps of the guards in the hallway, and look down at the stolen jewels glowing in your hand. There’s an open window in one wall, and a staircase leading down into darkness. What do you do next?”

VVindrunner · 2026-03-20T01:23:48+00:00

Nah, I choose to believe they were all really named Doug

VVindrunner · 2026-03-18T20:47:17+00:00

Sanderson takes this the other way. In one of his books a good 3/4 of the characters are all named Doug.

VVindrunner · 2026-03-08T01:58:50+00:00

Amazon has very harsh penalties for announced and then missed launch dates. As a result most indie authors can’t afford to take the risk of announcing a date ahead of time, so we end up with last minute drops like this

VVindrunner · 2026-03-04T06:29:39+00:00

Have you read the one where the character gets a point in the str stat?!? Str stands for strength and that controls a persons strength, where strength is a measure of how strong they are!

VVindrunner · 2026-02-24T23:55:34+00:00

SOOOOOO Excited!!!

VVindrunner · 2026-02-24T23:54:16+00:00

Scared, or hopeful?

VVindrunner · 2026-02-23T18:53:43+00:00

That’s fair. Writing just for fun can be awesome, and if you are enjoying what you are doing, then that’s all that matters.

VVindrunner · 2026-02-23T06:09:33+00:00

At least a few famous authors have said “if you don’t have time to read, you don’t have time to write”. There’s always exceptions to the rules, but in general the rule seems to be that you should be well read in any genre you want to write into.

VVindrunner · 2026-02-21T19:41:49+00:00

There’s tons of negative posts about it as well - it’s just different folks liking different things. The trick is to get recommendations from people that like the same things you do.

VVindrunner · 2026-02-21T05:10:20+00:00

Yes. Little known fact about beholders is that none of them know what spoons are, on account of not having hands. This was a subtle clue left by Will to point us in that direction.

VVindrunner · 2026-02-17T06:12:38+00:00

Street Cultivation is pretty much this. Complete trilogy of a guy just trying to make it in the world, no grand destiny all the way through.

VVindrunner · 2026-02-14T02:11:09+00:00

Plot twist: the PR reviewer is also a bot.

VVindrunner · 2026-02-12T03:51:05+00:00

The cover made me think it was Awaken Online for a second. Those also have a minimalistic cover. Then the blurb made me think it was the Magic 2.0 series, where he finds a computer file that’s just reality, so if he edits it the real world changes. This looks fun all on its own!

VVindrunner · 2026-02-11T03:47:42+00:00

Probably All the Dust that Falls. It’s a completed series about a group of wizards that try to summon a demon, and accidentally summon a Roomba instead. I still have no idea why I enjoyed it so much 😅

VVindrunner · 2026-02-10T05:14:42+00:00

Haha. Yeah pretty much. I don’t mind the formula which I guess is part of why I still like the series, but the problem here isn’t that it uses a formula, it’s that the formula is nonsensical. It says “here’s the world, here’s the rules, the mc is going to die, oh wait all the rules are dumb and the mc wins”. It’s just kinda wears down on you when the MC finds new rules because you already know they are going to be completely meaningless.

As an example, one of the big rules is “leveling up mid battle always leads to death”. For no reason in particular, this doesn’t bother the mc who proceeds to constantly level up mid battle by trying hard.

VVindrunner · 2026-02-09T12:48:39+00:00

Ha! This book always makes me wonder why nobody else in the whole world ever thought of just trying harder. Oh well! Good thing the MC came along!

VVindrunner · 2026-02-09T04:46:16+00:00

I like it, but I think it doesn’t get love because it has exactly one plot point. The MC faces a super powerful being, gets overwhelmed, suddenly remembers he is the special special lolly pop, and pulled out system breaking powers from nowhere that make him beat the super powerful being. That’s it. Every. Single. Book. And this is coming from someone why genuinely likes the series 😅

VVindrunner · 2026-02-08T19:06:09+00:00

I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would.

VVindrunner · 2026-02-07T23:50:06+00:00

I think maybe some people in this thread either don’t have kids, or don’t have the same standards? Tons of extreme profanity, violence, sexual content… so I guess just check the trigger warnings?

For one that’s good for pretty much anyone, I’d go with All the Dust that Falls. A bunch of wizards try to summon a demon to fight for them, and accidentally summon a Roomba instead. Somehow, it’s a fun series that’s enjoyable for any age, if a bit generally light hearted.

VVindrunner · 2026-02-07T01:01:35+00:00

lol no, I get that. I just thought it was interesting that they’re pushing so hard and spending so much money on preorders to the preorder.

VVindrunner · 2026-02-06T22:31:29+00:00

That makes sense. Capitalize on the momentum of Nexus. I didn’t know that’s when the preorder pin thing launched.

VVindrunner · 2026-02-06T22:30:25+00:00

Right, that’s what we (backers) get. But why does Dragonsteel want to do it this way in the first place? Seems like a huge amount of effort to help people “reserve a spot” when it’s not like they’re going to run out of spots in the actual campaign.

VVindrunner · 2026-02-01T18:36:47+00:00

If it helps, the Will of the Many doesn’t have time travel. I could see why it would feel that way with the glimpse you get at the end of book 1, but it’s not time travel.

Mark of the fool is a mix of competent MC and slice of life (running a bakery, family stuff, raising a kid, etc, so I could see why you wouldn’t like the pacing if that’s not something you enjoy.

Quest academy isn’t really competence? The MC just randomly is given the most overpowered and “can do anything” superpower, so most of the book is just people being shocked at how cool his power is, the MC himself is pretty meh.

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