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Continue reading →: Editing In LayersIn editing, I am doing multiple passes through the story. Instead of each pass attempting to everything, I build up the story as I go. The story draft assembles a skeleton by completing the dialogue and major actions. The first pass edit is like adding organs and muscles to that…
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Continue reading →: Research: Apache CoupI want to be careful of not taking practices common to other tribes and applying it to the Apache. Thus, I check on such issues with Copilot. The issues apply to both my Geronimo’s Spirits draft and my Chief in Boudica and The Butcher draft. Q: Are there any distinct…
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Continue reading →: Copilot RemembersI was listening to an AK Guy video, as one does, when I recognized a useful detail for my Boudica and The Butcher story. So, I ask Copilot AI a question, as I does. I didn’t mention the book and it was a fresh thread, so there was no continuity…
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Continue reading →: Research: Ghosts vs. SpiritsIn renaming the Geronimo’s Sons draft, I was initially thinking about going with Geronimo’s Ghosts instead, but an exchange with Copilot changed my mind. Q: What is the Apache view on ghosts? Copilot: The Apache people have a distinct perspective on ghosts, which is rooted in their cultural and spiritual…
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Continue reading →: Settings in Word for Drafts
Here are my Word settings for drafting a story, based on YouTube tips, Copilot AI recommendations, and playing: These settings make the text easier to read. I created a macro for automated consistency, though I may adjust as needed.
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Continue reading →: Dullahan StoryNotes this story idea so I don’t forget. The core idea is a Dullahan, a headless rider on a black horse who appears to those about to die in Irish lore. Just heard about it a minute ago and it sounds like an interesting device. The story is a period…
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Continue reading →: Testing Edits Using CopilotWhen I was doing second pass editing on “Harvest of Blood,” I asked Copilot AI for feedback on a clip of text that I edited. Specifically, I asked about credibility and immersion as that was what I intended to add to the laconic draft during this editing step. Below is…
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Continue reading →: Naming The Butcher: Gideon SheridanWhen I worked on doing a second pass edit for the first time, the draft still pretty incomplete. At that point, the dialogue, action, and narration is completed. In addition to general editing, the purpose of this pass is to add the immersive detail and world building to draw the…
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Continue reading →: Research: Human Eye ColorsI asked Copilot some questions about human eye colors as I considered character descriptions. Question: What is the distribution of natural human eye colors? For example, % green. The distribution of natural human eye colors varies globally. Here’s a general breakdown: Brown eyes: 70%-80% Blue eyes: 8%-10% Hazel eyes: 5%…
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Continue reading →: Naming Geronimo’s Spirits
I had decided to change the working title of Chappo’s 21st century Apache-Mexican war story from Geronimo’s Sons. At first, I was thinking, Geronimo’s Ghosts but according to Copilot AI ghosts have a negative connotation in Apache culture. After some back and forth with Copilot, I decided to shift to…
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I’m Jaycee
Currently, I am a drafter and plodding editor of my own fiction stories. Looking towards the future when edited stories turn into published ones.
Here I am starting to bare my soul to give you a preview of what I have been working on.
See “Harvest of Blood” in this site’s menu bar for a preview of a draft chapter from Boudica and The Butcher, a novel set in a future Second American Civil War.
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