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Check out my lists to read articles by subject or theme-particularly if you followed me for a specific topic.

2 min readMar 14, 2024

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Stories by Topic

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David Rhoades
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The Writing Cooperative

Beware of Advice from High Performers

High-level skill makes it difficult to give everyone else useful advice for one simple reason.

6 min readApr 10, 2024

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Beware of Advice from High Performers

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How the Pandemic Briefly Resurrected “Amnesia Horror”

Three unrelated historical events produced an eerily similar horror trope related to memory loss, grief, and losing a loved one

6 min readMar 29, 2024

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How the Pandemic Briefly Resurrected “Amnesia Horror”

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David Rhoades
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The Narrative Arc

I Needed a Mentor. Instead, I Became an Accomplice

It would be nearly a decade before I realized what was happening

7 min readMar 28, 2024

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A well-worn drum set with a pair of drumsticks resting on it.

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Is the 'Creator Economy' the Solution for Tech Monopolies?

We need to grapple with the reality that most creators will never make a living trying to compete with billion-dollar tech platforms

2 min readMar 27, 2024

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Is the 'Creator Economy' the Solution for Tech Monopolies?

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Story Genius and the ‘Third Rail’ of Narrative

Specific emotional meaning is the means to transmit universal meaning to the reader

2 min readMar 27, 2024

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Story Genius and the ‘Third Rail’ of Narrative

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David Rhoades
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The Writing Cooperative

Reconsidering the Dream of Being a Full-Time Novelist

As a 33-year-old unpublished author, I have to ask: is there middle ground between writing to yourself and writing for the market?

7 min readMar 18, 2024

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Reconsidering the Dream of Being a Full-Time Novelist

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David Rhoades
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A-Culturated

Buying Hot Cheetos at the Town Square

Through street photography, I’m discovering the ways corner stores serve as the de-facto public spaces of the San Fernando Valley.

8 min readMar 13, 2024

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Saw this guy waiting under the lights for a good while around 11 PM — even after a bus had come through. || Photo by author

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David Rhoades
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The Narrative Arc

Test Your Friendship — Move a Mattress

Lifting furniture makes a handy metaphor for intimacy.

4 min readMar 11, 2024

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A U-Haul truck off the side of a highway facing the viewer.

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David Rhoades
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The Writing Cooperative

Creating Believable Characters Who Generate Conflict Naturally

How Showtime’s Billions perfectly illustrates a Hungarian playwright’s approach to generating conflict in fiction.

5 min readMar 10, 2024

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Creating Believable Characters Who Generate Conflict Naturally

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David Rhoades

David Rhoades

Working class writer, editor, and photographer. Journalist for Socialist Alternative. Writes essays, horror, and science fiction.

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