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The AI Revolution for Fiction Authors

The AI Revolution for Fiction Authors

The AI revolution is here. What does that mean for fiction authors? If you listen to the doomsday alarmists, AI technology is either set to put us human authors out of business, or end the world as we know it.   Nuclear Catastrophic GIFfrom Nuclear GIFs Allow me...
Interview with Nathan Van Coops

Interview with Nathan Van Coops

Attention all Jake Noble fans! Go behind the scenes with this short interview. Discover the secrets of crafting a thrilling plot, creating complex characters, and keeping readers on the edge of their seats. This interview is  filled with insights and personal lessons...
The 1st Commandment of Good Sentences

The 1st Commandment of Good Sentences

Good stories are built from good sentences. The best plot in the world, the most interesting characters, fall apart if you don’t know how to string together a sentence. For over a year now, I’ve been in charge of selecting stories for publication in Savage Realms...

Rich Ware’s Response to The Hero’s Journey

My Thoughts on Plot (Everything Wrong with the Hero’s Journey) the article? That’s an interesting digression from my novel. 🙂 And I have lots of thoughts about plot, but maybe not enough for an article. The main thought is that it’s a literary “Sacred Cow.” I...
5 foundations to success for authors

5 foundations to success for authors

If you want to make a living as an author, you need to study and become an expert in 5 very important foundational areas. These five foundations are key to becoming a best seller. All of the authors I know, who are making a living with their fiction, have these 5...
The Hero’s Journey v The Adventure Story

The Hero’s Journey v The Adventure Story

“All stories are the same!” Joseph Campbell helped popularize this idea in his seminal work the Hero With A Thousand Faces. His contention is that all stories share the same framework. Only the names are different. I’m here to tell you; that’s wrong! The Hero’s...
Everything Wrong with the Hero’s Journey

Everything Wrong with the Hero’s Journey

If you’ve studied story telling at all, you’ve undoubtedly run across the Hero’s Journey. You may even be under the impression it is the ONLY story model and that ALL stories are actually just retellings of the Hero’s Journey. To his credit, Joseph Campbell did a...
The Real Reason You Never Finish a Book

The Real Reason You Never Finish a Book

The real reason you never finish a book. This is sort of a follow up post to my recent blog on the Secret Success Formula for Writers. Tell me if this sounds familiar? You’ve spent six years working on the same book but you never seem to finish. Your hard drive...

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