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Continue reading →: Research: Scythe vs. SickleIn my “Harvest of Blood” draft, I had to pick the right word for the sentence: “Ares strode the land again with a sickle to harvest the corpses of the nation’s youth one stroke at a time.” Below is the dialogue I had with Copilot to help me make my…
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Continue reading →: My Valerie ProblemI think that I have a solution to my Valerie problem. Independent film maker Brett Mauser has a reoccurring archetype character named “Smokey,” who is the informant with the critical piece of information needed by the investigator. As Mike tells Diane in the first episode of the Innocence Saga, “There…
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Continue reading →: A Chappo Sequel?Sometimes when doing research using Copilot, I end up having a conversation with the AI about characters, story progress, and ideas for additional story development. Me: The Story is doing well. Chapters are written about Chappo tricking his brother’s dealer (Smokey) into giving him information, getting information from an Egyptian…
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Continue reading →: Naughty JournalistsSomething when drafting stories, my own story has been starting to think to myself, “Nah, that might be a bit much,” but then reality says, “Hold my beer.” An example of the latter appeared in the New York Post, which reported that Olivia Nuzzi (a journalist with New York Magazine)…
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Continue reading →: Research: Naming the ApacheJust because we call them Apache does not mean that is their only name, so I asked Copilot. Q: As Apache is likely an English use, what do the Apache call themselves? Copilot: The Apache people refer to themselves using several terms in their own languages. Commonly, they use Indé…
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Continue reading →: Mad As a HatterI was formatting a drafted story when I recklessly read one line that caused me to get something in my eye. The story had an innocuous working title, “Ex Wf.” The premise was a woman coming over to her ex-husband’s home for her once-a-month two-hour court ordered visitation with their…
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Continue reading →: Research: Apache CultureWhen I was in college, I would supplement each class by reading a book or five beyond the assigned reading, so reading a book on Apache culture makes sense for me. Q: Is there an academic book on Apache culture? Copilot: Yes, there are several academic books that delve into…
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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…
Hello,
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.
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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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