Jul 22, 2026
Readers leave comments. Readers send emails. Readers respond to your social media posts.
But how should you interact with them? The DRS Crew discusses the ground rules.
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Jul 18, 2026
When should a character or narrator use a quote? Does it have to be attributed? What about aping characters from an existing property? How do you do that?
Most importantly, what kind of trouble can you get into?
The DRS Crew discusses.
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Jul 15, 2026
So-called "fairy tales" are some of the oldest tales. As writers, what tropes/plots/character archetypes can we steal to use in our speculative fiction stories?
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Jul 11, 2026
Michael J Strazinski wrote an article called "Silence Where a Story Would Have Been" that argues that the current state of the art AIs are incapable of writing great, memorable stories. Is he right?
The DRS Crew discusses.
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Jul 4, 2026
Does your future or fantasy world require a system of government? How about a social caste system? How in-depth do you need to be in constructing social norms, mores, and taboos?
The DRS Crew discusses.
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