Ed asks:
What will happen to AI, and what will AI do, as the bottom falls out of the world’s demography?

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Tim asks:
Have you ever tracked how many hours it takes you to write a book? If I were to do this, what would be the advantages?

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Nichole asks:

How can I make my first person narrator voice more distinctive? If I changed to third person, would that work better?

Resources Mentioned:
I, Claudius and Claudius the God, both by Robert Graves
The Clarke Lantham Mysteries by J. Daniel Sawyer
The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger

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Tim asks:
How can you make your character dynamics grow in intensity over the course of the story?

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Nichole asks:

I have a question for you about designing colonies and how they would look if they were in a biodome. Currently I am designing one for a story. I was thinking to go in the direction of an old wild west town, but I know that there would be changes due to the local materials, planet hazards and it would also be different because you’d be constrained by whatever would fit under biodome.

Any thoughts on this or any advice for where my research should go?

Resources Mentioned:
Biosphere 2
The Wisdom of Psychopaths by Kevin Dutton
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein

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Today we explore the different things it might mean when someone complains your story is “predictable,” or when you default to that description with a story you’re trying to enjoy.

Resources mentioned:
LOST
“…All You Zombies…” by Robert A. Heinlein
Predestination (film staring Ethan Hawke)
Looper
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Soulless by Gail Carriger
The Force Awakens
The Last Jedi
Pulp Fiction
The Usual Suspects
The Sixth Sense
The Village
Battlestar Galactica (reboot series)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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Jim asks:

What do you think of the idea of writing the first draft free-form, then using story structure guides to help in revising and editing?

Resources Mentioned:

The Story Solution by Eric Edson

The Anatomy of Story by John Truby

The Battle (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1 episode 8)

Film Courage (YouTube Channel)

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Nichole asks:
Should I avoid anthropomorphizing or personifying body parts and other such things?

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Ed asks:
How do sexual taboos work in a shame based society? How much is internalized “don’t do this” vs. “don’t get caught”?

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Tim asks:
If you were going to set up a fiction preorder, what is the shortest timeframe you’d schedule for it?

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