Sunday, June 9, 2024

“The Joy of the Parsimonious Alchemist” Posted


I recorded and posted my writing exercise “The Joy of the Parsimonious Alchemist,” this week.

Description: Alphonso the alchemist was having a bad day. He hoped the next day would be better.

Link: https://soundcloud.com/dynamiclethargy/the-joy-of-the-parsimonious-alchemist

You can also find it on my Audio Page. https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/audio/

 



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Sunday, May 26, 2024

Can You Help Me with Revisions to my Random Title Generator?

 

Someone suggested that my random title generator was producing too many “odd” titles. I’m considering how to fix that problem.

·         https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/random-title-generator/

I must admit that a recent title, “The Chatty Astroturf Political Consultant and the Unobtrusive Educator” does seem a bit forced. So, I decided I should take a shot at improvements.

I admit I got obsessed with trying to increase the number of unique titles it can create. Between all three versions of the generator there are about 586 billion possible unique titles. That may be more than I really need. I used the generator to spark ideas for my writing exercises. More isn’t always better.

I thought that the best approach to fix the problem was to remove some of the words from the word list the random title generator uses. I would appreciate some advice on which ones should go. I've uploaded the full list for review.

·         https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ooN5mhTDCJPSc5AY1xCwSfCyFPJp723o/edit#gid=431794889

Please enter “drop” next to the ones you think should go.

Thank you.



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Sunday, May 19, 2024

“The Chatty Astroturf Political Consultant and the Unobtrusive Educator” Posted

I recorded, edited, and posted my writing exercised based on the title “The Chatty Astroturf Political Consultant and the Unobtrusive Educator.”

Alfred seeks advice and support from Bernice to make his goal a reality.

·         https://soundcloud.com/dynamiclethargy/the-chatty-astroturf-political-consultant-and-the-unobtrusive-educator

The educator turned out to not be so unobtrusive. As in the past, I used voice.ai to alter my voice for the characters. I’ve noticed that it sometimes will slur some of the words. I’ve tried to be more articulate when I record my voice, but that doesn’t always help. It doesn’t happen very often, so I don’t worry about it. But, for more serious projects, I will hire actors to do character voices.



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