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What would Farrah Fawcett do?

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...or a Henry Mancini for that matter.

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But wait, I thought the only things worth writing were harmful and inappropriate...?

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If you write a utopia, it better turn to hell by the end.

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Now back to boxed wine and watching Dexie's Midnight Runners videos...

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It appears we/re already there.

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And now "Come on Ilene" is running through my head. Thanks pal.

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Make it stop!

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Definitely an ear worm!

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‘Zart really something in English? I only know the German original.

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Don't knock boxed wine, Sir.

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It would be really nice if Stephen Kings last novel ever had one........then it would come true................and my life perfect.........

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I think you got cancelled by the AI though....?.?.?

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It always amazed me that Harper Lee wasn't assassinated after To Kill A Mockingbird. I thought she would have fled the South after the publication...but no.

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Jail. I believe it was because of his sexuality though. Poor poor man...Making me Google again today I see...I'll be right back. Do you know when the next Hindsight reading in Portland is? For March? I plan to attend but I have to have some kind of notice.

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No no. Those are two very very different people.

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No date set, yet. Will check into that.

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Not sure, boss. A fabulous Cinderella story is worth writing and reading too. That's just my love-everything taste. I like a safe veggie as much as a bloody steak of a road kill.

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Yes. Im a sucker for sports stories. Moments of triumph. But its highly unlikely I will be writing about any of that. I enjoy well done kids stuff too.

A Season on the Brink is a great sports story in book form about a college basketball team.

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Not only the moments of glory they provide, sports stories, or even superhero movies, due to their predictable formula, offer a sense of safety and control over life. Albeit a fake sense, but I'll take it.

On the book you've mentioned. Does it go into the deliciously 'boring' details about everything? Good or bad. Cause you know, most 'inside' stories of this kind are often censored. Coaches are scared shitless about any edge leaking out.

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I would argue that most people have a lot more control than they realize. Stopping thinking that life just happened to me, choosing a direction, and going after some things made a gigantic difference in my outlook on the thing. Trying and failing, choosing a direction even if its the wrong one, is a much better path than sitting in a stagnant pond on an inner tube, miserable. At least in my own experience. Even if I never squeeze a nickel out of fiction, Ive loved all of the writing, workshop, storytelling, etc.

The coach, Bob Knight, hated it. Said it was false, et cetera. Its been a very long time since I read it, but Im pretty sure it wasnt whitewashed.

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Perhaps you're right, and I haven't realized that yet. I never feel safe, with a direction or not... but maybe it's just my anxiety talking. Anyway, the coach dismissed it, huh! Must've been really revealing then. I'll give it a try. Thanks.

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You can probably find a used paperback for $0.50 on ebay.

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Its been very exposing, and uncomfortable. Thought I would try writing under a pseudonym but realized that it defeated the purpose of writing for me - coming out of hiding.

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Okay. That's hilarious 🤣🤣

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The problem is you're asking ChatGPT. You need to ask DAN

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You just have to jailbreak it and then it will write offensive stuff. By jail breaking you have to give it a series of prompts that force it out of the rules. There are guides that walk you through the process.

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I read recently about a sci-fi short story publisher having to close submissions because it was receiving hundreds of submissions written by AI. Some influencers were telling their followers they could get the AI to write for them as some kind of get-rich-quick scheme, which is hilarious in itself.

The part I hadn't considered was that anything written by AI falls under plagiarism, since the AI samples existing works. I found that a little comforting and thought I'd share it. I'll link the article if I can find it again. It was in the Guardian.

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*In HAL 9000’s voice:

I’m sorry, Colton, I’m afraid I can’t do that.

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ChatGPT can be tricked into writing anything if the question gets framed right. If asked directly it won't. There are many subreddits dedicated to this. As they say: '' there's always a backdoor'' One redditer convinced it to write LinkedIn bio of Jeffrey Dahmer. Anyway, the obvious problem remains that whatever 'Fight Club 2' comes up with will be far less interesting and gutsy than what a great writer conjures up.

Like, the recent Commencement story. Isn't that the best serial killer genesis story ever? What a ride! Mainly the last paragraph. Shockingly brilliant. In a way, it made me think of the Whoopi Goldberg surfer chick joke. All serial killer stories I've read or watched recently, left like a 'comfort' at the end. An easing closure, but, yours didn't. Commencement went into a real dark place. It didn't bring light in, or sprinkle some 'conventional' morality so to speak. At the end it went into a more twisted place, while remaining consistently funny. In my view, it's in how the narrator seems oblivious to Stacey Keller turning into a killer, and how he's speaking like she's becoming a town saving all good superhero. It's this juxtapositon between the narrator's tone maybe, and the content, that made the whole thing really darkly funny, but extremely disturbing too.

I hope you dissect soon for us, dude. Thanks a million for the story.

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You're way ahead of me. I'll dissect that bastard soon. Thanks.

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You light weight. My first in 1997 was nine millimeters. They couldn't blast it because of its location, so... imagine peeing out almost a marble. Three more since then.

Oh, and they're rough, like crushed glass, so you will bleed tons. Enjoy!

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You can do it! Pass that friggin' stone!

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Hurrah 🥳😁

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Hello Karie --

It's been a month, and your prize isn't any fresher. Unless you send me a mailing address by the end of today, it will go to charity. Candy isn't forever. Thanks for understanding. chuck

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Maybe do a post as a final contingency to get KA’s attention? A “Have you seen this person” parody? If that doesn’t work, may this elusive Charity person enjoy the spoils.

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"Charity" is the neighbor's kids.

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Please tell me the signed book that’s part of the prize is not ‘Snuff’ or ‘Beautiful You’.

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Heck, I'll keep the book. It's the chocolate that's getting old.

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If you ever feel the need to rid yourself of said book and ageing chocolate that would probably be lethal at said point in time to ingest, you know my address.

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Chuck, you also know my address. And you know how much I love candy.

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My theory is that 87,000 unemployed writers have been hired to gnerate ChtGPT comntent—and will soon be out of work.

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