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For me, I didn't start achieving my goals until I discovered and implemented deliberate practice, which is also true for every writer I've worked with. But what is deliberate practice? For writing to be practice, it requires five things: Theory. You must learn the book writing process. Pr...
Now, the Most Important Step: Test Your Premise to See If It's GOOD Writing your premise is just the first step. Next you have to test it to see if it's interesting. How do you test it? I learned this from Blake Snyder, the late screenwriter and author of Save the Cat. Here's...
“Book arts is about discovering the self at the edge (fold, seam, spine) of insight and creation” and, when he writes, “… the essential question of selfhood isn’t What? or Why? but How? How do these patterns work, how do I know myself better...
In the UK, the Government Digital Service (GDS) has carried out tests on a ChatGPT-based chatbot called GOV.UK Chat, which would answer citizens’ questions on a range of issues concerning government services. In a blog post about their early findings, the agency noted that almost 70% of...
Book review: A Theory of Everyone – The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going Energy, culture and a better future for everyone, by Michael Muthukrishna. I found this book disappointing. An important part of that is because Muthukrishna set my expectations ...
These are updates to my bookCOVID-19 and the Agendas to Come, Red-Pilled, published on August 20, 2020. April 30, 2020. In a story that I had originally missed, the UK’sDaily Mailreported: “Experts cannot find a single child under 10 who has passed on coronavirus to an adult desp...
And all my craft became the pure and abstract management of power. Note: reminds me of a book— theory and practice of something, by E. Goldstein? Or that Michels tract about oligarchy?Then saw upon the horizon a wave, and the wave was God, and it approached me, saying, "We are...
I honestly couldn’t have said it better myself.But, if you don’t want to take King’s word for it, here are some other reasons why reading more makes you a better writer:It is a learning opportunity to study the works of other professional writers in the same field. The more ...
In theory, anyone can get verified on Facebook using any of the two options: By subscribing to Meta Verified By applying for a verified badge That’s provided they meet the strict eligibility criteria Meta has in place to verify Facebook Pages and profiles. In both cases, you’ll need to...