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I paused my longer Youtube videos on Story Structure because of the whole local laws saying you can't make a profit if you film, so to get around that, I decided to animate.

But first doing a whole bit on #adoption History.

Made some progress on the lace pattern and vectoring it. Vectoring takes me forever compared to hand drawing it. So fiddly and I'm a perfectionist of sorts... so... yeah.

I don't think AI could do this. I did a lot to improve it while vectoring it. And those value judgements are what separates humans from AI.

I can't post art on X (because it killed the bird) and the X likes AI now. But I've been vectorizing this piece of lace with lotuses, fish and water that I created. Somehow I think it would be cheaper to buy a sewing machine that could do it for me.

Skunk couldn't tank Twitter with all of his other tries. So he did this...

Fibroids suck. Debilitated.

I'm teaching an online class in September on Worldwide Story structure.

I'm currently debating if I should cut Bengali Widow's Tale since it's no longer used in Bollywood. Even Tollywood has changed.

Part 2:
I got Sudowrites to curse its own programmers, but it's really racist.
I also established really firmly that the programmers don't know Natsume Soseki or any Japanese lit.

I also established that the program can't recognize queer characters. Tried to push it towards recognizing a Gender X person, and it couldn't handle it.

So beat the bots this way.

https://www.tumblr.com/kimyoonmiauthor/711078073069617152/how-i-got-sudowrites-to-curse-its-own-programmers?source=share

How you beat AI-written stories... ask the person to write a different story structure that is not conflict-based.

1. Failing at Kishotenketsu (Chat GPT) The timing is wrong and there is no emotional height induced.

2. Sudowrites breaking after I tried to hint to it to write Kishotenketsu.

3. Chat GPT failing at Bengali's Widow's Tale.

4. Sudowrites not knowing what Kishotenketsu is. Also, doesn't know Natsume Soseki.

#writingcommunity #Writing

Write a story using kishotenketsu story structure about a snake.

Once upon a time, there was a snake named Sari who lived in a lush jungle. Sari was a mischievous snake who loved to play pranks on other animals. She would hiss loudly behind them and watch them run in fear.

One day, while playing her usual pranks, Sari encountered a wise old owl named Hikaru. Hikaru was known throughout the jungle for his wisdom and knowledge of the natural world. Sari was curious about Hikaru and asked him to teach her about the jungle.

At first, Hikaru was hesitant to teach Sari, knowing her reputation for mischief. But after much convincing, he agreed to teach her about the jungle and its many inhabitants. Sari was excited to learn and promised to be a good student.

For the next few weeks, Sari learned about the plants and animals that called the jungle their home. She discovered how each animal played an important role in maintaining the delicate balance of nature. Sari was amazed by what she had learned and was grateful to Hikaru for teaching her.

But one day, while exploring the jungle on her own, Sari encountered a group of monkeys who were in distress. They had lost their leader and were in need of guidance. Sari remembered the lessons she had learned from Hikaru and offered to help the monkeys find a new leader.

Hikaru went to Amamigunto Park and discovered a robin. The G WZ'_Tf oy that ovful” . . . . . ... a robin today that was joyful,” they rc.Jbln was chlrpllng arlld hopplng treg to tree. Hlkaru enjoyed the L T g M e sight of the robin. Hikaru admired it from afar. Hikaru felt hop tree to tree. “You are happy too, much better. aren’t you?” they said. (show more) ch was a warm and sunny day after the storrr.1 and .I;I_l_}gg_lj_g.felt The robin continued to chirp and hop like he wanted to tell someone about the robin. They whispered tree to tree. to the robin. “I will visit you again someday.” " : : : n : | discovered a robin today that was joyful,” they said. The robin continued to chirp and hop tree to tree. The robin continued to chirp and hop tree to tree. “Thank you for being so cheerful.” “You are happy too, aren’t you?"” they said. ) i ) The robin continued to chirp and hop tree to tree. And the robin continued to chirp and hop tree to tree. The robin continued to chirp and hop tree to tree. The robin continued to chirp and hop tree to tree. The robin continued to chirp and hop tree to tree. The ©msert ®copy Q@G

Write a story in Begali's Widow's Tale story structure about Jyotika

Jyotika was a young woman living in a small village on the outskirts of Kolkata. She was married to a man named Rakesh, who was a kind and loving husband. Jyotika was happy with her life, but she had always dreamed of pursuing her passion for painting.

She missed painting and yearned to express herself through her art.

One day, a group of women from the village came to visit Jyotika. They had heard about her talent for painting and wanted her to teach them how to paint. Jyotika was initially hesitant, as she didn't want to violate tradition. However, the women convinced her to share her talent with them, and Jyotika realized that teaching painting was her calling. Over time, Jyotika began to teach more and more women in the village how to paint. She found joy in seeing her students develop their skills and express themselves through art. Her work became well-known in the community, and she gained a reputation as a talented and respected artist.

Through teaching painting, Jyotika found a new purpose in life. She realized that she didn't have to live a life of asceticism to honor her late husband's memory. Instead, she could use her talent for painting to help others and bring joy to her community.

The pink on the mittens doesn't show up well.

Mittens, socks, hat. All hand knit. Mittens and hat are double knit.They can turn inside out so the dominant color is black with pink snowflake.

I didn't do it with a pattern. I did all the #knitting on the fly.

I did knit them top down, rather than bottom up against advice.

You can't replicate them. It's the last of the yarn ad thus the only ones in existence. I can't give you the pattern. I improvised the entire thing.

Other ways to create a story than starting with character and plot (also some deimperialization and freeing yourself from anti-queer, anti-disabled, anti-feminist, etc rhetoric): https://www.tumblr.com/kimyoonmiauthor/709081361441570816/the-lie-you-can-only-make-a-story-around?source=share

So I have a partial degree in graphic design which got paused because of covid. TT I was so close. 4 classes for a certificate and mostly upper division.

Anyway, I've been doing some #paintings as a going away gift for my kinda relative since they are moving to a different part of the country.

And since I haven't painted anything in forever, (I think the last time was over 5-6? years ago?) I'm learning I have to be really patient in ways computers don't ask you to be.

Origin of the coinage of the term "Inciting incident" (The idea is from Freytag, but the term isn't coined until later). And BTW, for the PoCs out there, there is nothing fun about this one. I really suspect the author is racist. There are quiet and loud red flags. #narrativestructure

https://www.tumblr.com/kimyoonmiauthor/708262582275948546/origin-of-inciting-incident?source=share

I cheated an asked NYPL Ask for help on the last two puzzle pieces on story structure. My aim is to #debunk the #Antigone diagram by giving it proper attribution.

Upside, they did find the person responsible for putting "denouement" at the end. Don't know why though.

Names and faces should help correct the course.

#storystructure #dramaticstructure #narrativestructure #comparativelit #writingcommunity

https://www.tumblr.com/kimyoonmiauthor/708164946287099904/story-structure-the-delphian-society?source=share

My ongoing saga with battling health insurance.

So Health insurance checked on my claim, and then the doctor flat out lied to them, breaking my trust in that doctor. I even have text messages from that day documenting what they said shortly after my appointment.

김윤미 Kim Yoonmi (Surname first) boosted:

Reminder that just last week, PW reported on a series of management and exec promotions at HarperCollins.

But I'll bet most, if not all, of those workers who will be laid off will be union workers.

Harper isn't going into union negotiations in good faith.

There better be a massive turnout at this week's rallies (1pm EST today at the Harper offices, and 1pm EST on Thursday at News Corp's office).

#Publishing #HarperCollins #HarperCollinsUnion #Union #UnionStrong #HCPOnStrike #Bookstodon

A screencap from xoxopublishinggg's IG stories of a memo sent by HarperCollins President & CEO, Brian Murray, to HarperCollins employees reads:

Dear Colleagues,

As we enter the second half of our fiscal year, we continue to find ourselves in uncertain and challenging times. As a result, I have some difficult news to share. Along with implementing a variety of cost saving measures, we will be reducing our workforce across North America by 5% before the end of the fiscal year.

The pandemic brought with it a surge in consumer spending on books, but sales have slowed significantly of late. Amazon's supply chain reset, reported last fall, accounted for almost the entirety of our revenue contraction and the vast majority of our profit decline in the first quarter of this fiscal year. We had hoped to see a rebound in the ensuing months, but now in the third quarter we must pause to recognize the depth of the cost issues we currently face. We continue to experience unprecedented supply chain and inflationary pressures resulting from the pandemic, including increased paper, manufacturing, labor, and distribution costs. We have adjusted prices, curtailed non-essential expenses, and are in the process of rebalancing margins in the business, but more must be done to continue to meet our mission and invest in our future.

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@pergus Thank you. I try my best to be helpful. My blog covers various topics as well and I try to create resources, and also debunk writing community myths to give people more freedom to think about the kind of writer they want to be.

Oddball #worldbuilding question #writingcommunity... In your world's language, do people "eat" "consume" (for Bengali speakers) or "drink" soup?

I'm super amused by the fact that languages with "eat" and "drink" can't seem to settle which it is and that the reasoning for it is scattered. I mean French is "eat" but Italian and Spanish is (mostly) Drink. Korean it's eat, but Chinese, despite all of that material in it is "drink" Japanese is "drink" except Ramen.

Which one do your people do?

Just wondering if I'm the only one where I rely on my subconscious/motor memory to do the majority of my spelling skills, and then when I overthink it, it all falls apart. And then there are WTF moments of, but I visualized that word, and my hands wrote something else. (Maybe I need more sleep.)
I also do a lot of slant words like there is a bad autocorrect in my head.
#writingcommunity

#Worldbuilding #Worldbuildingtips Subsistence systems. You can figure out how to get surplus without agriculture. And I put some of my undergrad work into the thing. So it's brand spanking new work checked by Anthro profs. This post isn't as boring for non-food lovers as you might think.

It took me over a week of work on this post to find and collate everything. And I did it from mostly my own memory. 50 pages single spaced.

https://www.tumblr.com/kimyoonmiauthor/707081779285311488/worldbuilding-subsistence-systems?source=share

@MiriShuli Oldest story structure I could find evidence for is the epic story structure, whose rules are loosely outlined in Ta'zieh/Hakawati, but I think the roots are older since some of the conventions are also in Epic of Gilgamesh and also Mahabharata and Ramayana.

Neither of them focuses on an individualistic journey as Campbell argues is "universal" though it isn't. Imposing it, though as universal, is imperialistic.

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