Nastaran Arfaei

BUGONIA just melted my brain.

Beats lock in, twists pay off, dialogue cuts, music nails the moments, and the performances wrap it all together.

Feels wonderful to come out of the theater and gush with no reservations!

#Bugonia #FilmSky #NowWatching #writingcommunity #review

I myself rewrote my first three chapters both in past and present tense before deciding ☺️

I believe your narrative will dictate either of these choices.

For instance an unreliable narrator will force you into first person past, while an exhilarating thriller may beg for the present tense.

50 physical copy giveaway of The Poet Empress by Shen Tao on Goodreads, until November 3

They are giving away 50 copies of my debut, The Poet Empress, on goodreads! I hope you'll enter 🥰

#booksky #ThePoetEmpress

Acting as Inverse Inverse Planning Great storytellers know how to take us on a journey. They direct characters to act—not necessarily in the most rational way—but rather in a way that leads to interesting situations, and ultimately creates an impactful experience for audience members looking on.

Reading this wonderful paper on inverse planning, with their motivation rooted in literary theory. 💙📚🪐

The fiction writer is an inverse planner, choosing every action, word and event for the objective of inducing emotions in the reader. 🧠🤖🧪

#writingcommunity #books #readersky #literary #science

Thank you so much Layemi! I’m done editing for now but would totally ask you when next round of edits comes around ☺️

Can’t wait for this to be in bookstores!

Thanks Kyla! ♥️

A literary NeuroScifi that dives into memory, consciousness and control.

#DVpit #SF #LF #A #IMM #OWN

This sounds beautiful!!

It’s like a new planned obsolescence but for humans!!! Love the concept!

Would totally read this!

A neuroscientist suspects an anti-technology cult murdered her friend.

When pursuing them gets her in deep trouble, a powerful tech company steps in to offer her protection, if she takes a critical job:

She must find and “quench” emergent sentience in supercomputers.

#DVpit #SF #LF #A #IMM #OWN

Loving this from its first pitch I heard till now!

Thanks! I hope the same for yours! ☺️

Yay to Persian inspired fantasy!!! ♥️

Is lobotomizing a machine that has gained consciousness just routine procedure or equal to murder?

Severance X Exhalation X Ishiguro

#DVpit #SF #LF #A #IMM #OWN 💙📚🪐

So dark and yet relevant to our times! Love the premise!

Trauma, memory and identity. Killer combo. I would love to read this!

A neuroscientist must either "quench" a nascent consciousness in a supercomputer, or save it and betray her powerful employers.

As pressure mounts, she wonders if she, herself is that different from the machine; or just another expendable cog.

Severance X Ishiguro

#DVpit #SF #LF #A #IMM #OWN

Omg so scary yet believable!! Would love to read!

Thank Rohan! For you too ☺️

Yay to more science! ♥️ Thanks Vivi!

Powerful combination!

I’ve been loving every version of this pitch 😂 can’t wait to read!

Thanks Miai! ☺️

Thanks!

And I want to read your book so bad! Agents should pick our books so we can read them sooner!!! ☺️

So relevant!

Yeah right! Makes us read everything on the feed! ☺️