Judey Kalchik

Joined February 2021

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It's my time to find and use my voice.

Poetry, short stories, memories, and a lot of things I think and wish I'd known a long time ago.

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Boomer Teaching Moments
I admit it- I am that Boomer that watches Facebook Reels, further ruining the platform for the Gen-Alphabet kids. But I enjoy it and I learn things: like who KNEW that the Dollar Tree had stuff that can be hot glued to other stuff to create even more stuff? And whoever thought about making videos about it? Genius.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Humor
Vocabulary
In February 2023 the sci-fi/fantasy literary magazine Clarkesworld stopped accepting manuscripts. It's the first time within the 17-year run of the magazine that this happened. And the reason? AI-generated content was flooding in and overwhelming the editing staff.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters
Story Arcs
Creative writing teachers will explain that good writing is a craft that can learned, and that compelling writing has certain plot points in common. Often these are described as these five main points:
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters
Character Names
Type 'common character names in AI fiction' into a search bar and you get a LOT of results. Here are two, which explain exactly what this chapter is NOT about:
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters
Vocal Creators Choose to Critique These Books. Top Story - August 2023.
Animal/Farm Oliver/Twist LOTR Harry/Potter(s) Lovely/Bones The/Giver Earth's/Children/Series Ulysses Frankenstein Candide Bible Coraline Outsiders Belgriad Moby/Dick Pride/Prejudice Catcher/Rye If/This/Is/A/Man To/Kill/A/Mockingbird Never/Let/Me/Go Oryx/And/Crake Gone/With/The/Wind Catch/22 War/and/Peace Thirteen/Reasons/Why The/Old/Man/And/The/Sea Romeo/And/Juliet Robinson/Crusoe Fahrenheit/451 The/Giving/Tree Don/Quixote Wuthering/Heights Crime/and/Punishment
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Critique
The Lord of the Flies
Self-government is so easy even children can do it... on an island...alone. Except. This little Piggy never came home. 'Simon says' can never happen again and no Herod-ic handwashing can cleanse them from group violence.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Critique
Location Names
"What's in a name?", asked Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Well, when it comes to Location names in AI generated content, a name can tell the reader a lot.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters
When Writers Support Writers. Top Story - August 2023.
It’s their first booksigning as a new author. They did everything exactly as they should to prepare, including sending out invitations. 40 people said they’d be there. 2 showed up.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Writers
Opening Paragraphs
The title and subtitle are the introduction to a piece and that first paragraph starts the action! On many platforms like Vocal and Medium, the first paragraph is also visible to a potential reader browsing through latest Stories, their homepage, or checking out the newest from the creators/writers to which they subscribe.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters
Featured Images
Besides a thoughtful and thought-provoking title and subtitle, the visuals of a piece set the tone for the reader's experience.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters
Titles and Subtitles
Titles are important; they set the stage, draw in the reader, and pique the interest as they build the desire to find out more. Subtitles are an additional nudge, a taste of what's to come, and often a clue to the upcoming content.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters
You Can Find It! Identifying AI-Assisted and Generated Content
When I was a bookstore manager one of the things I did every Spring was make sure my CliffsNotes displays were full and that I had plenty of backstock for the always-assigned classics that students were assigned to complete over the Summer.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Chapters