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A.I. Freeman's avatar

Debating which to buy first, your course or a thesaurus...

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Parker McCoy's avatar

I think 100 percent of every post should be world-building. Readers aren't interested in characters or plots or any kind of "feeling" BS. They just want new worlds and that's it. I don't remember any characters or plots from the hundreds of books I've read but I definitely remember every detail about worlds I never knew existed before the authors laid them out for me. The secret is that no one really wants to read stories. They just want a new world to inhabit. I'm signing up for your course right now and I hope you've laid out my new fantasy life in there for next week when I'm banking seven figures an hour (results may and will vary...a lot).

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Derek James Kritzberg's avatar

Lol

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Victor Jimenez's avatar

This is controversial, another sure fired way of garnering attention.

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Centaur Write Satyr, MBA's avatar

I want to see and do more “how to build an audience” posts. Parodies and madlibs are too fun:

https://open.substack.com/pub/undergrounddesigns/p/post-like-one-of-the-great-ones

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Derek James Kritzberg's avatar

You might enjoy my "top entry" in DREAD 14, search for my satirical take on Bradley Ramsey's article near the bottom:

https://open.substack.com/pub/dejakr/p/dread-reviews-14?r=4t7c68&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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