Tolstoy's Family Group Chat

Leo Tolstoy

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Leo Tolstoy starts a family group chat. After three days, his wife Anna messages: 'Leo, please stop. You've written 847 messages just to say you're running late for dinner. We don't need the backstory of every person you passed on the street, their childhood traumas, and philosophical reflections on the nature of punctuality.' Tolstoy replies: 'But you haven't heard about the cabman's horse yet—his name was Kholstomer, and his story begins in 1856...'

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Chekhov's Forgotten Gun

Anton Chekhov said if there's a gun in act one, it must fire in act three. My gun: introduced page 1. Never mentioned again. Pure suspense. Reader still waiting. Book ended in 1987.

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about 3 hours 前

The Forgotten Cliffhanger

Chapter ending: cliffhanger. Chapter 2 ending: cliffhanger. Chapter 3 ending: cliffhanger. Chapter 47: protagonist still falling. I forgot to catch him.

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about 3 hours 前

The Cookbook That Needed Drama

Publisher meeting. 'Your book needs more conflict.' 'It's a cookbook.' 'The eggs should suffer.'

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about 10 hours 前

The Productive Roommate

Writing retreat roommate also writes. 5am: typing. Noon: typing. Midnight: typing. Me: zero words. Roommate: 47,000 words. Checked roommate's screen. Same sentence. For three days. Copying it.

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about 10 hours 前

The Perfect Villain

'Your villain needs motivation.' Added tragic backstory. 'Too sympathetic now.' Made him kick a dog. 'Too obvious.' Fine. He collects NFTs. Perfect villain. No notes.

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about 11 hours 前

The Voice That Wrote Itself

Audiobook narrator called. 'Character names?' Read them. 'How do you pronounce Kx'thaal'vorn?' 'However you want. He dies page 3.' 'He comes back page 400.' Didn't remember writing that. Checked manuscript. Didn't.