On Epistemic Anxiety and Craft

Posted on 11 September 2024

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Two paths down two seemingly separate hallways leads to the same exit, marked 'MLitt.' One exit is labeled 'Dunning-Kreuger,' the other 'Imposter Syndrome.' The caption reads: "The illusion... of free choice."

A little 9-minute something about:

Epistemic anxiety: When you fear that there’s a lot more to how you know what you know… that you don’t know;
Craft: Expectations of what your stories should contain that your audience will love

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I Am Once Again Complaining About the Monomyth

Posted on 8 August 2024

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A parody of the intro sequence to every Star Wars film. It reads: BROLOGUE EPISODE LIV (54) I AM ONCE AGAIN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE MONOMYTH

A 10-minute read with storytelling enshittification and pan-galactic quizzifications such as:

The Monomyth is literature’s cryptid;
Why it’s not a good model, actually;
Is there no alternative?

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When the Science in Your Storytelling is Sus

Posted on 18 July 2024

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A comic featuring two figures (Left and Right). In the first panel, Left says to Right, "yeah so i went to go visit my friend-" Right interrupts Left with, "bro's genes told him to get friends" In the second panel, Left stares, bewildered; Right's face is neutral, believing they have said nothing wrong.

OoOoOoOoOo your genes determine that you will read to the end to learn about OoOoOoOoOo:

Oh, it’s THIS guy again: Hey, I’ve seen this one… or so the Monomyth tells me.
A Story of Science-telling: Criti-hyping evolutionary psychology (without the criticism) to explain storytelling;
My God, Pure Paleoideology: What were we doing until 12,000 years ago? Was it all just evolution?
On balance: Surprisingly, authors know what they’re doing. We should hear what they have to say.

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