Recent content by Karlin

I take a goat to the wise man in the mountain. He checks the horoscope, chews some fungus, and comes up with a name.

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I've heard that "ideas are a dime a dozen", yet I also see many posts here asking for ideas, or ways of generating ideas (Even use of AI to generate ideas). I think it differs by person. I'm an idea person. Ideas just appear, sometimes quite a flood of them. I know that they are based on...

This is an oversimplification of a study that was done. The popular press reported it this way: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180525-every-story-in-the-world-has-one-of-these-six-basic-plots dig a little, and you will find something a tad different...

What are we to do? Cuss, move on. Write.

I would rather spend my time creating and writing than worrying about whether other people are real writers or not.

I usually start with a " what if". Then start writing, to meet my characters. I'm not a real worldbuilder. Just fill in details as needed.

Great! What kind of pen do you use?

I want to write. I write. I suppose if Ibwant to " have written " without actually writing, then it might interest me. As it is , what for?

It's been many years since I read her autobiography. But I think the focus was on how she learned to communicate.

This is fascinating. He tells how he started writing, you see where some of the famous quotes originated. And he's a good storyteller, so over all interesting

Searches have always been tricky, AI has made it worse. Wikipedia is problematic. If you want to research something, you need to dedicate some time and effort to it. The great thing about depending on AI for research is that it allows you to be lazy, and frees up time! And the spare time can...

Personally, I don't like the "AI Summary " I get from Google Search. I don't trust it. It focuses on what IT thinks is important. I end up just scrolling past it to find normal search results. Maybe it is good for high school students who are given an assignment. Hopefully it will be many...

Reading Report to Greco, Nikos Kazantzakis (best known for Zorba the Greek). It's his memoirs, more or less. By the way, if you haven't read Zorba the Greek, do so. Or at least see the old movie.