Nastaran Arfaei

Nastaran Arfaei

@n-arfaei.bsky.social

Brain and behavior. PhD candidate at NYU. Here I post mostly at the intersection of science and science fiction. Images are made by myself unless otherwise specified.

111 Followers 137 Following 125 Posts Joined Nov 2024
4 months ago

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

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4 months ago

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

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4 months ago

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.

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4 months ago
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

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5 months ago
Preview
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

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5 months ago

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

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5 months ago

Can’t wait for this to be in bookstores!

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5 months ago

Thanks Kyla! ♥️

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5 months ago

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

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

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5 months ago

This sounds beautiful!!

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5 months ago

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

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5 months ago

Would totally read this!

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5 months ago

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

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5 months ago

Loving this from its first pitch I heard till now!

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5 months ago

Thanks! I hope the same for yours! ☺️

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5 months ago

Yay to Persian inspired fantasy!!! ♥️

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5 months ago

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 💙📚🪐

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5 months ago

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

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5 months ago

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

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5 months ago

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

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5 months ago

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

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5 months ago

Thank Rohan! For you too ☺️

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5 months ago

Yay to more science! ♥️ Thanks Vivi!

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5 months ago

Powerful combination!

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5 months ago

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

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5 months ago

Thanks Miai! ☺️

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5 months ago

Thanks!

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5 months ago

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

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5 months ago

So relevant!

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5 months ago

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

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