Tag: Writing
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AI shaming: How to use your voice to silence AI shamers
The emergence of AI shaming targets artists using AI tools, often leading to damage to reputations. This new social boundary enforcement questions creativity, originality, and the definitions of art in modern society.
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Climate science fiction: Are there stories that make climate change less scary?
Climate science has earned a reputation as the “dismal science” of our time. Today, many people struggle with environmental science without feeling overwhelmed by dread. Climate fiction offers a powerful solution to this problem.
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AI narration: Why I decided to use AI to create audiobooks
The author highlights the growing demand for audiobooks, shares personal experiences with traditional and AI narration, and discusses the financial challenges of audiobooks while embracing Amazon’s virtual voice technology for future projects.
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Writing with AI: How AI became an everyday partner in my work
Generative AI has enhanced my productivity and creativity by providing tools for writing, visualizing ideas through image generation, and assisting with programming tasks, ultimately transforming my creative process.
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AI Film Festival: Seattle shows the future is here and it’s ‘RoadKill’
Around 200 artists, writers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders watched more than 90 AI films from 20 countries during the inaugural Seattle AI Film Festival.
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Screenplays into novellas: Dipping my toe back into print
The author transitions from screenplays to novellas, finding potential in shorter works that could attract film interest. Despite challenges with publishers, self-publishing and audio adaptations remain viable options.
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From Fast-Paced Hooks to a Slow-Burn Pace: A Mystery/Thriller Script
Some of the best movies of recent years prefer to pull back the curtain slowly on character and action, teasing the audience to come along for the ride.
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Corruption, Queer Fear, and ‘The Red Feather’: A Story of Vice and Family
My hometown of Seattle marked its modern debut in 1962, when a World’s Fair gave it the iconic Space Needle. It was also a city of corruption and secrets, when cops took bribes to tolerate vice, and people then called “queer” feared for their lives.
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How One Screenplay Evolved Via Revision: Crafting ‘Doomer’
A story idea can evolve into a finished product almost completely unrecognizable from the thing that first pops in your head.
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Turning Point on the Docks: ‘The Brothers O’Neill’
The Brothers O’Neill is the story of a young Seattle police officer, Sam O’Neill, whose beat covers the piers and wharves teeming with labor tension. Read the first portion of the synopsis.
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Five Screenplays Complete the First Phase of My Portfolio
Transitioning from novels to screenplays, I crafted five crime scripts, all positively received. I seek collaboration with industry professionals as I develop more projects in this genre.
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Three acts to eight sequences: Decoding screenplay structure
I explore the intricacies of narrative structure in screenwriting, from the classical three-act approach to the practical and dynamic eight-sequence structure, offering screenwriters what I’ve learned about organizing compelling narratives.
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Embracing Creative Change: Moving from Climate Fiction to Hollywood-Style Screenplays
Discover how a seasoned writer transitioned from climate fiction to Hollywood-style screenplays, exploring new creative avenues and sharing insights on the exciting journey of adapting to a new storytelling form.
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Published: The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Veteran Warships
Check out the special introductory pricing on the newest volume in The Fyddeye Guide series.
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Here’s the Introduction to The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Veteran Warships
Read the introduction to The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Veteran Warships.
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Historian Nat Howe writes foreword to Veteran Warships book
Maritime historian and nautical archaeologist Nat Howe wrote the foreword to The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Veteran Warships.
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Five Questions: Joshua Young, professional audiobook narrator
Professional audiobook narrator Joshua Young, who narrated my novel Fall of the Green Land, answers five questions about his work.
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Read the first thousand words of Restoration
The excerpt introduces “Restoration,” a novel in the “Tales From A Warming Planet” series, featuring Junie Wye, a city girl grappling with climate challenges in a conservative town, supporting her father’s dam removal project.
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Fifty book reviews. That’s my ask in a competitive indie world.
The author requests readers to review their books to increase visibility and provide feedback, expressing gratitude for their support.
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Five Questions: Bill Conrad, author of Interviewing Immortality
Bill Conrad discusses his writing journey, influences, and views on independent publishing. He expresses concerns about the future of reading and emphasizes targeted marketing in the competitive book market.