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Posts by Allan Smithy‭

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Q&A How to think of a good beginning?

I've been thinking about my story for a while now and the problem I've run into is that I'm not sure how to start it. It isn't that I can't think of how to start it, I actually have a million ideas...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Allan Smithy‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is discovering memories are false, a plot twist that invalidates my story so far?

So about halfway through the story I'm writing, the main characters discover that they're actually AI whose entire lives have been simulated in order to create an AI with human-level emotional skil...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Allan Smithy‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is inner monologue a bad way to show character traits?

Is directly showing a characters inner thoughts and conversations with themselves too telly or cheesy?

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Allan Smithy‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭