Characters on Call
Keith PattersonBrainstorm story ideas or anything else with your own fictional characters—anywhere, anytime on a mobile app or Web browser. Subscribe for free and spend more time in flow state when you hang out with your imaginary friends.
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Chat Topics From Authors - Part 3
The premise of the Chracters on Call Chat Guide is that what authors believe makes stories work are credible ideas that you can validate yourself right here on Substack. Use these examples to create chat topics with your own fictional chara...
Chat Topics From Authors-part 2
The premise of the Chracters on Call Chat Guide is that the best topics for chatting with your own fictional character are the ones other authors believe make their own stories work. You can validate them yourself by reading their stories r...
Note to Self
Authors like us—especially those writing speculative fiction, sci-fi, and fantasy, are always dreaming up new technologies, otherworldly creatures, and wild twists in our plots. But we're also oddly attached to our primitive writing rituals...
Fahrenheit 451 With Less Flame
The Peculiar World of Substack Authors
Authors on Substack are like the literary rebels at the end of Fahrenheit 451. You remember the scene, right? Montag escapes the burning city and stumbles upon a group of intellectuals who have chosen...
A Superhero for Introverts
We introverted authors might prefer a quiet room and a blank page over a crowded room full of strangers, but that doesn’t mean we can skip learning how people think, interact, and behave. Realistic characters need realistic interactions, an...
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Editor of MIT humor mag Voodoo (back in the day) created Characters on Call for authors to hang out with your own fictional characters to get in flow state or brainstorm stories. Read my sci-fi satire that inspired this innovation at Hoppers.
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