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[the960writers]

Why Intentional Storytelling Matters in an Era of AI and Algorithm-Driven Content

Intentional storytelling means making creative choices with purpose. Here’s why that matters more than ever in an AI-driven content world.

K. M. Weiland:

Why Intentional Storytelling Matters in an Era of AI and Algorithm-Driven Content

Intentional storytelling—the kind that grows from a writer’s unique vision and voice—is at risk of being quietly drowned out by franchise formulas, AI-generated content, and the pressure to produce faster than ever. If you’ve ever felt like you’re just going through the motions instead of creating something that truly matters, you’re not alone. Let’s explore what’s being lost, and what we can reclaim.

In This Article:

What Intentional Storytelling Is Not: Avoiding Formula and Empty Content

How Modern Media Incentivizes Unintentional Choices

Why “Just Following the Formula” Falls Short

Tools vs. Crutches: Knowing the Difference

What Is Intentional Storytelling? Defining Purposeful, Authentic Narrative Craft

What Makes Details Matter: Cohesion and Resonance

How Subtext Reflects the Integrity of a Story

What AI Can’t Do for You (Unless You Know Yourself First)

Why Intentional Storytelling Matters More Than Ever in an AI-Driven Content World

How the Creative Landscape Is Changing

Why the Story Still Starts With You

Two Questions to Guide Every Writing Decision

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[glad0syuri]

[tunisian]

source? i felt it in my heart

[mad-who-ra]

source? sign from the universe

[livinginachairytale]

source? the voices in my head

[dearest-lady-disdain]

source? it came to me in a dream

[ratuszarsenal]

source? warned by a tormented ghost

[amateur-artist]

source? i read it in the leaves

[razzledazzleistakensothisisme]

source? I heard it in the whisper of the winds

[lyralit]

ways to start writing more efficiently

stop writing with the word count on!

use a font like comic sans -- trick your brain into thinking that it's not important, that the writing can be stupid, if it's in a stupid font (if you can't tell i despise comic sans)

time yourself to get to a goal

or give yourself a certain amount of time

quantity >> quality in the first draft(s)!

jot down what you want to happen in that chapter

try organizing your writing (nanowrimo, for example)

do *not* reread! it doesn't need to make sense, it just needs to be there

try not to stick yourself to something you saw on tumblr. what works for someone else doesn't necessarily work for you!

take breaks. time those breaks.

practice writing short stories / oneshots of your characters.

try getting all your writing done within a certain goal (as much as I can for 30 minutes) rather than writing 5 minutes on or off

write down every little wormy idea that comes into your brain! sure, it's probably for a different plot, but maybe you can work it in somehow?

on that note, mash elements of your plots together rather than starting a whole new story

see maybe what little writing competitions you can submit your work to

proclaim your goal to the wide web for some peer pressure

rewards yourself. cheer on every thousand-word milestone. brag to your friends that you've written something, anything.

don't think of the big goal—don't think of publishing, or posting, etc. think of the end of your chapter, the development of your character, where it goes.

switch your writing environment! where are you most productive?

make a playlist only for when you write. never for anything else.

getting off tumblr, probably.

have people remind you of your goals.

remember that it all comes with discipline, but also your mental health is the most important!! don't sacrifice half your sleep to meet your nanowrimo goals. try to recognize when it's taking you too long and close the document. do something else. come back later.

take care of yourself. <3 use this post as a breather (or reminder to start!)

[walkingbomb]

reminder to:

straighten your back

go pee goddAMN IT STOP HOLDING IT

go take your meds if you need to

drink some water

go get a snack if you havent eaten in a while

maybe wander around the house/stretch a little if you’ve been sat at the computer a while (artists especially: sTRETCH THOSE WRISTS)

reply to that text/message from earlier you’d forgotten about

maybe send a nice lil message to someone having a bad day?

[starrydanny]

I just would like to thank everyone who ever reblogs this so that it somehow ends up back on my dash because I usually need the reminder (especially the drinking water one)

[marlynnofmany]

Of all posts to see with a million notes, I’m glad it’s this one.

[dilshaped]

what's your red flag?

[aikoiya]

What is Guerilla Science

In Insomniac's Spider-Man, Doctor Octavius described Peter Parker as "having an eye for guerrilla science like none other," then goes on to say that just when Otto was going to order a machine replacement part, Parker "returned from the hardware store with a bottle of solvent & a toothbrush. Bang, actuator problem resolved."

So, this lead me to believe that Guerilla Science was the practice of building anything from random, household objects.

However, when I looked it up, all I got was an organization called "Guerilla Science."

So, what is guerilla science in the context that Otto used it?

[razzledazzleistakensothisisme]

We're I to guess I'd say the term Guerilla in general would refer to the use of unorthodox materials and strategies. Just look at Guerilla Warfare/asymmetric warfare as a well known example. In this case the use of the word Guerilla is an informal way to refer to low budget, macgyver-esque use of everyday materials instead of the proper specialised materials.

But a better analogue for Guerilla Science would be something akin to Guerilla movie making like they used for the original terminator movie when they didn't have the budget for standard movie making equipment or permits. This lead to them drenching Arnold in deadly chemicals to get a few shots of him smoking(literally smouldering, not a cigarette) and filming a chase scene on a road without the permits usually required to do so.

So Guerilla Science then probably refers to Peters ability to to supplement proper lab equipment for everyday household materials.

[corebreakergoneee]

[amateur-artist]

Cringefail vampire streamer

[razzledazzleistakensothisisme]

When the chupacabra won't chupa

[cultnervous-deactivated20230607]

some beautiful graffiti downtown

[gayvampyr]

[razzledazzleistakensothisisme]

Team rocket vibes.

[amateur-artist]

Absolutely OBSESSED with the name of this porn bot that just followed me

Feller of Kingdoms and Tempter of Men, part of the elite Ranged Royalty Sniper squad, simply codenamed “4”.

Many believe the squad consists of a group of quadruplets specially trained from birth, but nothing confirmed is known about the background or even the real number of members.

Although, in the whispers of the powerful there are stories told of the true nature of the Usurpers, which point to something…. inhuman…behind the stone-cold faces…..

[razzledazzleistakensothisisme]

These bots have been going crazy with these names recently. Almost makes me not wanna report them just so I can steal the names.

[miss-i-ship-it]

i'm curious

have you watched the highest grossing movie of the year you were born and did you like it?

watched it and liked it

watched it and didn't like it

didn't watch it

Voting ended onMay 17, 2023

you can check which movie it was here!

pls reblog and put in the tags which movie it was :)

[prof-grace-aspen]

Statements that can exist simultaneously:

Being Jewish and being trans are not comparable 1:1.

The Holocaust was not about trans people. Yes, some of the people targeted were queer. But that was an extension of Hitler's general disdain for "degeneracy" and the downfall of German culture, and he blamed all of that on the Jews.

What we are seeing in the USA right now is clearly identifiable as the build up to a genocide.

The Holocaust and the building genocide against trans people are not comparable 1:1. Both of these situations are terrible and awful, but they are terrible and awful in different ways.

Things are not as bad in the USA for trans people right now as they got for Jews during the Holocaust. This does not mean things are not bad, deadly, or traumatic. We are not playing the oppression olympics here, we are trying to bring back hope.

That's because a genocide against trans people in the USA has not yet happened and we can still stop it.

[drxaria]

I see every now and then this odd sentiment that I presume this post is in response to, that it’s offensive to holocaust victims and survivors and to Jewish people broadly to make comparisons of people’s suffering to the holocaust.

On one hand, yes, Hitler and the Nazis and the holocaust becoming the default example for comparing acts of evil has led to some dipshit comparisons like anti-maskers claiming to be as oppressed as Jews during the holocaust or Christians not getting to legislate religion claiming to be as oppressed as Jews during the holocaust or white suburban people getting some non-white neighbors claiming to be as oppressed as Jews during the holocaust.

On the other hand, what’s happening in the US and parts of Europe to trans people is following pretty damn parallel to the early actions of the Nazis. Republicans and other conservatives and even some civility-minded liberals might cry foul at the seemingly low-hanging fruit type of comparison to the Nazis, but the Republicans and anti-trans bigots trying to eradicate trans people should’ve thought about that before they started acting like Nazis and following the Nazi playbook if they didn’t want to deal with a bunch of Nazi comparisons. Sorry, it’s not my fault they’re acting just like Nazis and that it’s the best historical comparison for them.

But aside from the accuracy of this comparison, of GOP warm-up for a trans genocide to the holocaust, the holocaust shouldn’t be treated like some uniquely horrific event that can’t be matched or referenced lest you sound hyperbolic. It wasn’t some cosmically anomalous tragedy that happened to befall the Jews in Nazi Germany. It was the logical progression and conclusion of events driven by basic the human self-interest within a system that was inadequate at preventing genocidal authoritarian lunatics from exercising power.

And it’s definitely scarier to look at the world as one where the brutality of the holocaust wasn’t that special, but human history is filled to the brim with incredible cruelty, and the holocaust’s notability comes in part from it being recent and well-documented.

And the attitude of “it could never happen here” is irresponsible wishful thinking. The whole spirit of the phrase “never again” in reference to the holocaust is to be vigilant and preventive, rather than reactive, to the signs of creeping authoritarianism and the genocidal intent of fascism when it might be too late.

It’s tempting to think that we’ve learned our lesson from history to not do a holocaust again, but evidently authoritarian ghouls in positions of power still find themselves able to wield political power through fearful, weak-minded people who fall prey to fascist propaganda. They might not have, but if we have learned from history, then we should see the signs and stop it from happening again. Never again.

[renesassing]

call me a basic bitch but the princess bride home movie remake that they did during covid was genuinely fun and heartwarming

[spectrumgarden]

Shout out to autistics like me who never really "masked" the normal way, who didnt realize they were supposed to fake eye contact or tried to study and understand the conversational structure of people around you. Who couldn't really stop stimming and only changed the type of stims they did. To autistics who's only way of masking was to withdraw, just try to not draw any attention ever. Yes we tried to not seem so autistic but we probably never even understood what made us seem autistic in the first place, so the only option was to shut down and avoid any contact whatsoever.

[winged-fool]

In honor of the Ides of March, my favorite Tiktok

[heatandapathy]

Has a videogame ever made you cry?

No

No but I've come pretty close

;_; (name the game/s in the tags)

Voting ended onMar 19, 2023

[kaiijus]

Lets play the game called "how did you find my blog and what made you want to follow"