AI Ain’t Gonna Replace Writers—Here’s Why
There’s at least one thing AI will never be able to do to replace writers, so focus on your writing
I rage Google stuff all the time. Questions like: WHY…
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Sometimes, people tell me they hate their book. Their work in progress.
On occasion, I say it myself, about a book I’m working on.
“Okay,” I say. “That’s okay.”
And then I ask: “What do you mean by hate?”
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Mental maelstroms & dopamine sandwiches (ADHD writers)
In which I am interviewed on a podcast about ADHD
Read more“Aggressively unhelpful writing advice.” “Just open up your legs and…
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Picture the scene: you’re reading David Sedaris. “Although I had…
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If your drive to write a book is big enough, time doesn’t have to be the reason you don’t get it done.
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This book made me so angry (but here’s why I kept reading)
Don’t write to be right; write to change the world
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What if I told you that you don’t have to wait for a magic sky fairy to give you permission to create? And you could be inspired any damn time you like?
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If I wanted a list of places I could possibly visit, I’d Google it.
I often do, actually, and end up visiting none of them.
I get overwhelmed with the amount of choice shoved in my face, and that mental overload causes the kind of mini-meltdown that I wouldn’t even want my cats to witness…
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What are you doing just because you’ve always done it?
Can you stop doing it? What does that create space for?
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Why are you doing what you do? Writing what you write? Creating what you create? Vicky asked herself this recently and realised she wasn’t enjoying herself. Tune in this week and listen to Vicky and Joe talk about creativity, different types of intelligence, the reasons we do the things we do, and why we should be feeding our souls as well as our bank accounts.
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If there was a cheat code for “you can do the splits right now, injury free, if you just press this sequence of buttons” I’d be all over it because I’m basically lazy.
But how about painting?
Or dancing?
How about *writing*?
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This week, Vicky interviews dentist extraordinaire, Dr. Karl Walker-Finch, about his new book In the Loupe. Dr. Karl and Vicky worked together in the early stages of writing his book — and he released it into the wild this month! Listen in and find out about Dr. Karl’s writing process, how he approached the structure, what he enjoyed and what he found challenging, and why music features so heavily in a book about the world of dentistry.
