Rationally Writing

What are the pros and cons of writing fanfiction, and what types of fanfiction work best to inspire rational fiction? Timestamps: 0:40 The Three Types of Fanfiction 3:13 Examples, and where Rational Fiction falls 5:27 What are the pros of writing Fanfiction? 7:38 How do Daystar and Alexander find it useful? 9:25 Con 1: Limited Audience 12:18 Con 2: Expectations from Canon 14:39 Con 3: Lack of Profit 16:18 Genres that are easy and hard to rationalize. 19:55 Genre Ghettos 21:15 Daystar rants about Magical Realism 24:44 Fanfiction Ghetto 26:47 Best stories to rationalize 32:44 Finding new solutions, creating new problems 35:53 Bridging the gap between Fanfiction and Original Fiction --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rationally-writing/support

In a world where "everything is a remix," what's so important about originality, and how can you help your writing be original? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rationally-writing/support

Daystar and Alexander discuss what tropes are, why they exist, how they're often used (or misused) in fiction, and a few ways to avoid bad tropes in rational and rationalist fiction. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rationally-writing/support

A brief history of the Rational and Rationalist fiction genres, their roots in the LessWrong community, and the influences from flagship authors of HPMOR and Luminosity. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rationally-writing/support

Webserial authors Daystar Eld and Alexander Wales share their thoughts on what rational writing is, and describe the Rational and Rationalist writing genres. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rationally-writing/support