Choose Your Next Adventure

Saturday Sessions are deeper dives into a particular topic.

Step into my shoes for a moment - you're playing a solo parent for a week while your spouse is globe-trotting for work, attending a five-star game lodge, and rubbing shoulders with international doctor volunteers.

You're on deadline, the kids are running amuck, and your echo in the space is "I love my kids, I love my kids."

Suddenly, everything transports you back to the pandemic lockdown of 2020 when all schools eerily shut their doors.

That's where I am right now. Quite the picture, isn't it? Makes you truly appreciate the value of routine, no matter how mundane it may seem on any given day.

So here I am nose-deep in toys and scattered schedules, asking you, my literary family, what more can I offer in the midst of this beautiful chaos?

What tools, tips, or topics will assist you in your creative journey? I’m all ears – and eyes on the comments section."d your echo in the space is "I love my kids, I love my kids."

Your Writing Journey: How Can I Assist?

I've been brewing up a few ideas that I think will enhance our creative journey.

But since this journey is as much yours as mine, I want to know which of these maps you'd like us to explore first.

Leave it to me, and we'll take them on as they are listed. However, your input could shuffle the deck.

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Enhanced Lore Building With ChatGPT

What if the world-building wasn't only an engaging creative process, but also a valuable product?

That's precisely what 'Lore Building' seeks to achieve. My patrons asked for more lore. But as we all know, crafting lore takes a significant time.

So I've engaged ChatGPT, to enhance my lore creation.

My AI assistant mimics the ominous tone of the mysterious Watchers, to compile in-world surveillance records of key characters and settings.

Something that would have gotten stuck as a pretty idea otherwise.

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Author Subscriptions 101

Navigating the landscape of author subscriptions can feel like piecing together a complicated jigsaw puzzle of podcasts, blog posts, and threads.

Especially when you're busy juggling responsibilities or even if you're someone who enjoys delving into the depths of information.

What if you had a snapshot, an action-focused summary to kickstart your subscription business?

Enter 'Author Subscriptions 101'.

This guide will highlight the primary steps you'd need in setting up your subscription model, steering clear of the known road bumps.

No more wading through oceans of information or falling into avoidable pitfalls— you'll have a blueprint to guide you.

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Cognitive Triangle: Character Psyche Map

We’ve all battled with character development at some point, right? Trying to make them as real as possible, to breathe life into their words and actions.

Recently, my wife shared the Cognitive Triangle with me, and my creative gears have been spinning full-throttle since.

I'm curious about applying this tool not only within my ongoing novel but also to an unfolding short story.

I'm playing with the idea of pairing this up with the potent Story Core and Triangle of Motivation.

The possible result? A comprehensive framework that could light the way for those of us who are, let's say, plot-challenged or chronically allergic to traditional plotting methods.

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Streamline Your Writing Process

Writing is an adventure, isn't it? Full of twists, turns and occasional creative roadblocks. The magic happens when we discover ways to navigate this journey more effectively.

Over the past few weeks, I've been toiling away on some personal writing experiments - it's been all about boosting productivity while maintaining quality.

The mission? To level up from crafting a single weekly chapter to producing four well-rounded chapters - on schedule.

I'm really excited to share my learnings with you. It's our shared beginner’s guide to streamlining the writing process.

Since timing is everything, how about we dive in at the end of July or early August? Mark the date!

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And thus, we wrap up this week's Saturday Session.

Typically, we dive deeper into a topic, exploring the blueprint of an efficient one-person writing business during those precious moments when we aren't spinning tales. Think of it as productive procrastination, the good kind.

Our goal? To maximize our time, energies, and talents, even when our fingers aren't flying across the keyboards. And they’ll come out when they’re ready, like Blizzard in the good ol’ days. But mostly weekly, sometimes fortnightly.

Until we meet again, remember to keep the creativity simmering and the imaginations soaring.

Zane

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