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Hope everything is ok!!

I like your little animation, did someone make this for you? If so, who?

Michael, thank you so much for all these tips. It really help to discover the true power of Scrivener. So many things I did miss !

I've been tinkering with AI for fiction writing. I have part of a novella that isn't all that bad. I at that halfway point to where I have hit writer's block. Once I've passed it, I will continue. I also have a rough first draft of a novellet that I used AI to help write with, I know needs lots of work. At least I have a beginning middle and ending and can flesh the story out more. I use AI as a tool and consider it as a writing partner.

Random, but I have not published since October bc my book flopped and I worked so dang hard... I just... I don't know.. So, I'm trying to get into Lucid Dreaming to figure out what to do... Should I even write? What genre? I litterally am stuck. Well, I had a very foggy dream two days ago - and it was of you and we were FIGHTING - like combat/fist fight and the dream said something about rehab and trying 3 times... And you said my hair smelled bad... Some of the other figures in the dream were frozen in place... I feel like it was a message but I'm not 100% sure what it meant. Either way, just thought I'd let you know! haha!

Thank you very much, but I can't see on Booklink where to join...

Im not sure I'd want to do any writing that stays active on the web

You talk very little about the possibility of writing a book in the app. What would hold you back?

Hmm. I did the link with the amazon, but my link only goes to amazon (I know it's available on Barnes&Noble, because I have a link). I'm not sure what I did wrong.

Do you have any ebooks about becoming successful on KZfaq? How do you do it on KZfaq? A book like that would sell a lot of books.

So cool! Testing it real soon. Thank you!

Book links can be a pain. Thanks for the info!

Great video!

This was very helpful! thank you !

First video I’ve seen of yours. Great! Thank you.

This took so much pressure off the upcoming learning process for me! Thank you!

So informative. Subscribing

just the summary was looking for. Thanks

Love all your videos, even the older ones. Just read this book yesterday because of your suggestion in another video, and I'm very THANKFUL that I did. It's like a huge permission slip to have fun (who would have thought) while writing. As I launch into my second novel ever, this was a very helpful time for me to read it as well. Thanks Michael!

Hi Ron, Cool spreadsheet, but did not answer the thumbnail question. What do you want to say in your letter? Should you offer to pay? Tell what you are using it for? Promise to credit cc holder? Etc etc.

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Thanks! I Will listen.

Great information and very helpful. Thank you.

Very helpful. Thank you. Direct and to the point 💯.

I released my latest book. The reviews are good but almost everyone says the book needs a better edit. Punctuation, comma's and spelling are some of the problems. Should I use a program or a physical person?? Story is strong, grammar is weak...

So, we lost some money - here's how we can make things right.

one of the best tool with Scrivener is Dialogue Focus... yet you can't use it with windows with "em dashed" dialogue.... and this has been asked and been waited for more than 4 years from the windows developer... it's "planned" but not a priority and it's convenient since they don't comment on future plans... if you have macOS go for it ! Scrivener is a wonderful software !! (truly) but if you have Windows.... you can wait a long long time before having a Scrivener software half efficient as the MacOS one !

Thank you! This video was tremendously helpful.

I am so glad I came across your videos! This information is invaluable to me and I am really excited about putting it into action. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for your frank and insightful advice! As a new, unpublished author looking to become a self-published author-to-be in the indie market, the information you shared is priceless.

I am going to bring out a self-published book. My biggest concern is: How do I convince my reader that my book is 100% original, and not AI generated? What if my readers think: "Oh! This guy is a first-time writer. This is his first book, and it is self-published. Anyone can get his book self-published by paying a few bucks. Surely he must have used AI to generate most of the content." In other words, there are no credentials to back me or convince my readers that my book is indeed 100% original. In this age of AI, readers will always doubt the originality of a first-time writer, more so when his book is self-published (i.e. not published by any mainstream publisher).

Wow, I really like this advice. I am impressed you also referred to another writer's insight as you shared your own approach. I felt this was an insightful review of how a writer utilized the advice of another writer. Gonna have to look at the bibliography of titles you have written. Thanks for a great video!

Dear Michael, I just watched your video and subscribed. I am writing my first book which is a Memoir. Sub Genre is self help, and Christian. Can you recommend editors that I can use? I know the red flags, but I would like your professional recommendation. Thank you kindly! Warm regards, Mark

I love your videos, especially as so many of them are recent! Would be wonderful if maybe at some point you could do us a little inspiration vid i.e. for staffers who've been working hard at this self-publishing, following good advice by writing the best possible book with the best possible cover (I have a degree in Design), doing Amazon Ads, but still aren't selling books so feel very discouraged. I suspect an important part of the process is patience! Thank you and best wishes.

I literally cannot fake confidence right now. I literally need to be able to work through second by second on doubt without being lazy

Very good video. Thx

I have watched your content many times over the past few years and what strikes me everytime is your authenticity in your message. Be a video being about writing, or in this case tools that you use, I always believe you are truly trying to help us make an informed decision. Thank you, it is appreciated!

Hi Michael! I got a question as a newbie author: Should I have a copyright of my book prior to sending a manuscript to an editor? I’ve been researching and getting mixed responses. Maybe it’s a paranoia, but I just want to make sure. I’m going to be using Reedsy to hire an editor.

Interestng book idea, thanks for sharing this - the narrator does sound like an Ai though, good content regardless!

I will be needing a beta reader for a zombie comedy soon. Contact me interested. And please try to contain contain your excitement.

I wouldn’t really consider this pantsing…which to me is just sitting down and saying, “I’m going to write a story about x” and then typing away to see what happens….no thought or research to anything other than your ambition to tell a story. There appears to be some planning on the form of research and some contemplation of plot and character before the actual writing happens, so while you may not be writing a beat by beat summary of the entire story from beginning to end, you are doing some legwork ahead of time. I would call it “plotsing”

I really enjoy these . Thank you.

So clear and easy to follow - I love this!

I am going to look for that thank you.

Ah it's like making the shirt the sleeve, then the seam (change of thought) then the left side, and so on and so on.

2:20 Everything is NOT clean. The last line of text isn't indented like the rest of the text.

Great!

One important thing that you did not mention using the phone is that, even if it is difficult to type, you can use the voice-to-type feature of the phone and speak and the text starts to appear automatically, obviously you have to go back and correct it if any misunderstanding, but this is more efficient for me and faster than typing, I do agree 100% that formatting adding chapters and other functions is way easier on the computer.