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Relax—#ChatGPT will not steal our #writing jobs

On By Beth Riggott-Turnage

Nearly ten years ago, before ChatGPT was a twinkle in its creators’ eyes, in one (nearly finished) I wrote, two of my characters created a program they called Timebender they used to predict future events based on information models fed into it to make military and business decisions. Highly proprietary, only three people in the […]

Ask A #Writer: Is It Worth It To Be One?

On By Beth Riggott-Turnage

Ask a Writer Asked and answered on Quora. The Original Question: Is it worth to be an author? It’s the best thing ever, but not for the reasons you think. 1) Your time is your own. You can wake up when you want to, sleep when it suits you, and you don’t let a clock […]

The craft of #writing: ratcheting chapter tension

On By Beth Riggott-Turnage

Like a pinball, your story bounces around in your head, hitting your occipital lobe, hippocampus, and the front of your brain, lighting them all up with the act of creation. If you are a master writer, you light up the caudate nucleus, which handles skills gained over time. Creating a story uses tons of brain […]

Wordsmithery: ignite your #writing with best-selling-author metrics

On By Beth Riggott-Turnage

Having worked as a ghostwriter for eight years, writing nearly every day, while working quickly, efficiently, and sparked the need for me to develop ninja wordsmithing skills. And for this I turned to machine editing tools. When I first started, I suffered some backlash from my writing friends. The common sentiment was this: Sorry, I […]