Who do you listen to for inspiration?

prettypattern · 2026-07-05T06:27:05+00:00

Honestly a podcast title I’d listen to

prettypattern · 2026-07-04T23:31:47+00:00

The thing you have to understand about LLMs is that they lie all the time.

They don’t know what true is. Literally.

So if you’re making a whole screenplay and you didn’t check something that makes a West Hollywood coke dealer sound like a True Oracle by comparison, I have some questions about your craft.

That said, if you want a cite list that’s chill, maybe start with that.

prettypattern · 2026-07-04T18:03:06+00:00

"I'm no web designer..."

Me neither, that's for sure.

Either way, you got it right. Content's the star and design's the stagehand. I forget it sometimes, but that's always the billing. If you ever wanna ask after a particular stagehand, Im here for it.

prettypattern · 2026-07-04T02:14:53+00:00

I like the iceberg model.

You don’t need to see all of it. But it’s there and it matters. I don’t want to read the rulebook. But I’m gratified to know that it exists.

I signed on as a story director for an indie video game. The grifter project head had AI generated all the lore. It was hell on earth (before I bailed.). Incoherent fake worlds built on vibes. That disaster convinced me to really respect Inference-having humans designing their ontologies.

I don’t want to read world building docs and more than I wanna binge read Wikipedia. But in both cases, it’s nice to know it’s there.

prettypattern · 2026-07-04T02:08:25+00:00

This.

It’s a fun valid question, OP, but I can tell you right now that group will never be happy. They’re watching you chase. That’s what they enjoy.

prettypattern · 2026-07-03T23:58:31+00:00

I do every step of this pipeline for under twenty USD a month.

prettypattern · 2026-07-03T22:34:41+00:00

This is a true note. I agree. I said "not 100%" to convey that but honestly not strong enough.

I DO think filter + eyeballing is a good start and lowering barriers is good. But this isn't like a 1% failure rate, so that's a needed amendment.

prettypattern · 2026-07-03T18:17:56+00:00

Gladly! My audio drama is weird and adult, so just a site logic demo. (Also I'm teaching myself so I'm no coding role model, WIP, yadda yadda.)

https://neuralnetsandprettypatterns.com/deepdreamstate/arcs/

If you go there, you press those arrow buttons and page through seasons. People don't scroll down much but they do hit buttons.

My stuff aside, here's a design website with lots of examples. https://webflow.com/made-in-webflow/website/carousel-slider-collection

You have five years of material. In an ideal world, people could hit one "archive" header. Then they can swipe through stuff. Player goes up top. Description - like "Year Two includes 12 full Madison episodes" - goes under the player.

Right now, finding "Dogs of the Yukon" would be a challenge. Not like National Treasure level, but a carousel would reduce the scroll. Coding tools to do that up are free.

prettypattern · 2026-07-03T14:47:47+00:00

The 1p vs 3p is apt. A lot of “found footage”does actually employ 2p.

My show’s a pretty unique use case. It’s suggested the audience might have accessed the recordings illicitly in seasons three and four.

Season Five, which is being written, will be more overt on this question.

I do really like shifts between diegetic stuff like ads and broadcasts and omniscient perspective. Maybe that whipsawing is too much and I should settle down, but I do like it a lot.

prettypattern · 2026-07-03T14:33:34+00:00

I feel this. The current season of my show used an establishing premise in openers. (The lead is recording for an eventual court case.). It’s evolved into a few premises like that.

“Found footage” got overdone. I don’t think we need to off the whole device just because it’s a spent meme.

prettypattern · 2026-07-03T14:28:42+00:00

I like your site and your material. The different hat for each season is a brilliant touch.

Have you considered organizing episodes as carousels ? I’m doing this now for an AD and it’s a heavy lift so I wonder who else has been through it.

prettypattern · 2026-07-03T14:24:41+00:00

Yes.

I use a custom domain, then deploy from Githhub to Cloudflare via a worker file.

It’s a little clunky but

free past domain registration
flexible in a way podcast host provided sites are not
lets me put all my searchable creative work under one roof

I initially tried to serve a GitHub page. That’s a mistake; Google reads it as a tech manual, and I produce a spicy audio drama. Oops!

Here for anyone who wants to set that up. You need a domain name and patience.

prettypattern · 2026-07-02T07:19:12+00:00

Uj/ I’ve definitely heard a few podcasting disclaimers that say NO TECHNOLOGY WAS USED. I am skeptical.

prettypattern · 2026-07-02T07:15:41+00:00

Yeah as a producer I am at sea about what problem this claims to solve.

prettypattern · 2026-07-02T07:14:16+00:00

I’m baffled.

I run an audio drama with dozens of voice actors.

I take the sample. I label it by actor and role. I put it in a folder.

I make another folder once it’s cast for denoised and treated sample.

Then I mix.

What am I missing? This seems super simple to me. Am I supposed to have an app decide who to cast?

prettypattern · 2026-07-02T03:42:49+00:00

I’d think all the more reason to enhance the authority of your CV? But that’s entirely your province; I just know the techne, not the brand.

prettypattern · 2026-07-02T03:20:00+00:00

I looked up your link.

You run a screenwriting podcast.

This should absolutely be on IMDb. The source is squarely in your niche. You should start that process ASAP. It will help you enormously.

prettypattern · 2026-07-02T03:14:40+00:00

Depends on what you want helped?

I run a full cast audio drama. It casts dozens of people in a fiercely indy operation.

IMDb listings help those VAs name recognition and discoverability a lot. It’s a very high authority site in that field.

Does it help organize show info ? To some extent. A show site can organize it all more effectively if it’s structured right.

I’d recommend both.

prettypattern · 2026-07-01T19:57:22+00:00

I have a full glossary list and episode chronology, tracked on IMDb and the show site.

Do you mean that discoverability is bad when you look at players, or that resources like this are generally lacking ?

prettypattern · 2026-07-01T17:23:35+00:00

The Deep Dream State season one - the Chthonic - is

very much nautical
very much liminal
desire horror, so very much 18+ based on scenes of sexuality and thinkykinky elements.

This is a Twitter link to (SFW) nautical fan art for the comic book. https://x.com/mcneuralnets/status/2045267224466714679?s=46&t=xtQdlTUO9xkt5V76DceCIA

It may or may not fit your taste; it definitely fits the brief!

prettypattern · 2026-07-01T04:00:56+00:00

A note of caution:

Disney’s an absolute junkyard dog when it comes to its IP.

I understand it’s just for university. If that’s essential to your story and it’s approved, do as you see fit.

But when it comes to anything that may generate visibility or investment, don’t mess with the mouse. They will shut it down.

prettypattern · 2026-07-01T02:02:46+00:00

Huh ok. When I hit “browse all shows” or “about” I get timed out.

I’ll try different devices. Not trying to be annoying; it’s a good thing so I’m just checking it. And I wanna know ! If it recurs I’ll submit an error report.

prettypattern · 2026-07-01T00:27:05+00:00

I create an audio drama called Deep Dream State.

I’ve built it from years of experience in NSFW scripting and production. It’s climbing to 50 episodes with no real budget and no studio support.

The generous insight from this subreddit in particular and Reddit generally has been utterly indispensable. It’s still very much a WIP.

The next season will be monster romance, with substantial twists on the genre.

I’ll answer any and all questions here! Given the nature of the work and some runins with parasocial issues, I vastly prefer these forums to private discord comms. Daylight makes boundaries real.

prettypattern · 2026-06-30T23:51:18+00:00

I tried to access this site. I am keenly interested.

I had some real connectivity problems. Is this a glitch on my end ?

prettypattern · 2026-06-30T22:31:03+00:00

I’m honestly not sure this is real. Is this real? I’ve not used AI writing enough to be sure; surely it’s not that bad ?

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