Archive for July 2023
Why Every Serious Writer Should Hate (Most) AI Services
I saw another one today. An advertisement, geared toward writers, for AI-based content generation. There was a time when I hated these services just because they were so astoundingly bad. Flow and grammar were awful. The content barely made sense. Consider this gem, for example: But now, that’s not the case anymore. And some of the…
Read MoreWhy Every Writer Needs to Draw Their Books
Generally speaking, writers aren’t known for being visual artists. Their whole deal is crafting something beautiful with words, not with color or line or visual perspective, so they often do not draw. But if you’re not drawing out your book, you should be. It’s OK if you’re not an artist — draw anyway To be…
Read MoreHow to Get Storytelling Right Every Time
As I peruse social media (which I do a lot for *cough* marketing *cries*), I see writer after writer step up and ask the same question: How do you do storytelling “right?” You might hear the question phrased slightly differently, such as, What makes a good storyteller? or What makes a story engaging? But the intent…
Read MoreHow to Balance Spontaneous Creativity and Planning as a Writer
Your brain is prone to find solutions when you let it wander and don’t think too hard. So you have to be ready to write anytime, anywhere. You can’t force the story, article, or other content to come. But if you work based only on when your brain wanders, then you’ll never meet a deadline.…
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