typed out by Administrator Andy
Hi. I’m Administrator Andy. Since the actual writers are too preoccupied with their “masterpieces,” I’m here to explain what Other Writers is all about. Bear with me. It’ll be over soon.
Other Writers is a literary platform that publishes stories and poems written by fictional authors, known as “Other Writers.”
Other Writers
Every writer on the Other Writers platform was created by flesh-and-blood folks, complete with tax IDs and caffeine addictions, known as Puppet Masters. They conjure up Other Writers and force them to pump out content for your pleasure.
The Puppet Masters’ true identities will remain secret. Light will never shine into their shadowy domains.
Find the lineup of shady Other Writers here.
Yarns & Verses
What do the make-believe Other Writers publish? Stories and poems. No, no, no. I’m sorry. The “creatives” added a little twist. They slapped new labels on these tried-and-true terms:
- Yarns: their fancy term for prose — short stories, novels, and whatever’s between.
- Verses: what you call “poems.”
While Yarns and Verses find their roots in traditional literary formats, the Other Writers may shape their works however they see fit.
Find these literary disasterpieces on the Yarns and Verses page.
Money
You have it. The Other Writers want it.
Each Other Writer offers a sampling of their Yarn or Verse before they throw up the dreaded paywall. How do you tear down the wall? Money.
Unleash all the Yarns and Verses on Other Writers by beep-booping a bit of your money into the Other Writers’ bank accounts.
The “visionaries” thought up three tiers of patronage.
- Page Skimmer ($4) — 1 week of access. No PDFs.
- Page Flipper ($8) — 1 month of access. No PDFs.
- Page Hoarder ($20) — 2 months of access. Yes PDFs.
I know. I know. How can you read everything in just a few weeks? If you signed up to be a Page Hoarder, scroll down to the bottom of any Yarn or Verse and find a little button labeled PDF Version. Tap it to download a PDF copy to read after your patronage period expires.
Other Writers copyrights all content published on its platform, which prevents copying or redistributing of its works. Read more…
Categories & Tags
The “creatives” behind Other Writers divided the platform’s Yarns and Verses into a maze of alternative categories and tags. Use them to discover a Yarn or Verse that tickles your interests.
Categories
Every Yarn and Verse on Other Writers falls into one of two categories:
But the Other Writers slapped a myriad of other fancifully named categories that offer a feel for a Yarn or Verse’s tone.
- People Platters: characters served with a dash of struggle (literary fiction)
- Puzzle Games: stories that solve for “x” (whodunit)
- Macabre: scary and dark things (horror)
- Science Prediction: about future times (sci-fi)
- Social Pedantry: moral explorations (pedantic)
- Funnies: laughers and thinkers (comedies)
- Nerve Rackers: lots of tension (thrillers)
- Tear Factories: painful narratives (tearjerkers)
- “Awww,” Mills: “They got together!” (romance)
- Revisionism: look back at history (historical)
- No, No, No, No, No: foreseeable downfalls and dystopias (tragedies)
- Xperiments: demonstrations (avant-garde)
- Purty: “So many colors!” (aesthetically pleasing)
Other Writers can mix and match subcategories. For example, an Other Writer could slap a People Platter label on a story with a Puzzle Game format because they feel the story’s characters deliver its thematic thrust.
Tags
The Tags on Other Writers inform the reader about the mundane aspects of a Yarn or Verse.
- Short read: works under 7,500 words (short stories)
- Medium read: works between 7,500 and 15,000 words (novelettes and novellas)
- Long read: works over 15,000 words (novels)
- Simple: accessible ideas and language
- Experimental: complex (or jumbled) ideas and language
- Fire starter: may provoke a negative response
- SFW&L: safe for work and life
Other Writers does not allow ironic tagging. This ensures readers won’t stumble into a trigger-pulling Fire Starter.
Find a Yarn or Verse’s categories and tags in the Metadata pop-up button under the author’s byline.
Metadata
Each work on Other Writers features a Metadata pop-up button that hangs below the author’s byline. Tap it to find a bulleted list with info about the work, including its word count, estimated reading time, categories and tags, and other fairly useless tidbits.
Here’s a sample:
- Word Count: 2,132
- Estimated Reading Time: 1 hour
- Publishing Hub: Paris, Texas
- Toilet Bowl Revision: Three hours (and counting)
- Notes: I wrote this after I won the lottery. I needed something to do, and this is what I came up with. If you enjoy it, it’s just a coincidence. I’m rich!
Artificial Intelligence
The Puppet Masters create content through imagined Other Writers. But they do not use Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.) to produce content for this platform.
Here are some specifics and exceptions:
- Puppet Masters can use AI image generators to create their Other Writers’ profile pictures.
- Puppet Masters cannot use AI chatbots to create their published Yarns and Verses.
- Puppet Masters can use AI chatbots to brainstorm, organize, or find errors in their Yarns and Verses.
Social Media
Connect with the Other Writers on social media. Learn when they publish new Yarns and Verses.
Contact
That’s it. That’s Other Writers. Contact me with questions, concerns, or complaints. Now, please excuse me. I have invoices. So many invoices.