Considering using “artificial intelligence” bots like ChatGPT in your screenwriting or fiction writing? You should. But don’t do it without knowing these five essential rules!
Read moreDon’t find time to write.
“I can’t find time to write.” It’s the single most common plaint of the creative or commercial writer, right before, “I don’t know what to write.” Today we focus on solving the first problem. Ready?
Forget about it. You’ll never find time to write.
And don’t think I’m about to say, “You must make time to write, grasshopper!” If you think you’re capable of creating time, you’ve got a bigger problem than finding time to write. (See “ grandiose adjective gran·di·ose\ˈgran-dē-ˌōs\.)
Read moreA File Format That Will Make You a Better Writer?
There’s a file format — a structure for saving data — that is as powerful a tool in the writing world as a U.S. passport is in world travel. It’s known by the acronym OPML, and those letters should become as familiar to you as QWERTY.
Read moreThe Tool that Gives You an Infinite Number of Brains
A decision tree is a tool that gives you an infinite number of brains. Once this happens, repair to your laboratory and stay there, as any creature with an infinite number of brains is loathe to behold (although one heck of a writer).
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