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We Don’t Use AI (and You Shouldn’t Either)
Daphne Strasert Daphne Strasert

We Don’t Use AI (and You Shouldn’t Either)

AI tools are everywhere. “Create your book cover using Midjourney!”, “Ask ChatGPT to analyze your story structure!”, “Write your first draft using Scribblr!”. Writers are bombarded with opportunities to cut corners in the creative process. I’m here to tell you: Don’t. Do. It.

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Roasting Writing Advice
Daphne Strasert Daphne Strasert

Roasting Writing Advice

Every time someone offers a piece for critique, there are a few items that seem to always make an appearance, regardless of whether or not they’re actually useful to the writer. Feedback needs to be applicable and it needs to be actionable, and sometimes, repeating a common slogan of writing like it’s immutable law isn’t either of those things. So today, we’re venting, we’re roasting, we’re chewing, and most importantly, we’re having fun by taking the piss out of pieces of common writing advice.

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What is “incluing”, and why should you be doing it?
Daphne Strasert Daphne Strasert

What is “incluing”, and why should you be doing it?

Introducing readers to a new world can be an interesting challenge. How do you explain to your readers the workings or a world that may be very different from our own? How do you explain what motivates a character if you can’t tell the audience directly?

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