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Continue reading →: Imagining Comrade ThumperWhile drafting Boudica and The Butcher, the story was getting so big that I had to take a break to do some world building as the relationship story had developed. During that break, I developed more than a dozen short stories with other characters also struggling during the civil war.…
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Continue reading →: Brett Mauser’s Master Class in EditingIndependent film maker Brett Mauser has announced the coming release on YouTube of season 7 of his series “The Innocence Saga.” The final season trailer video post described it as “30 years in the making, and the Innocence Saga finally comes to a conclusion in 2024. Mike and Diane must…
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Continue reading →: Facts on Military Organization from Copilot AIWhat is that standard advice, write what you know? Often characters can take a writer where they do not know. I like to use Copilot to help me research such questions as it is fast and direct to my point of uncertainty. In writing a scene, I do not need…
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Continue reading →: Migrants in the Next Civil War
Usually, when I first draft a story, I do not have a specific view about the location or superficial identity attributes of characters unless it is material to the story such as one set in Japan for particular cultural or marketing reasons. This allows some flexibility later as the story…
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Continue reading →: Imagining ClownieSometime a story just needs to be a little fun while describing something serious. My short story with the working title Clownie is like that. It is about a young woman working at the circus as a clown. One day she sees and falls in love with a male patron…
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Continue reading →: Story Research Using Copilot AIBelow is an example of me using Copilot to do research for my writing. Usually, I have a general idea of the answer but seek confirmation and elaboration for adding some immersive details to the story. My draft for “Harvest of Blood” [Chapter 1 of Boudica and The Butcher] has…
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Continue reading →: Constraints During Civil WarOne of the problems with writing a story about a future second American Civil War is explaining why the Union side doesn’t just wipe out the urban rebels with technology and firepower. One element is that this civil war is between urban and rural faction–not red vs blue states–so like…
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Continue reading →: Imagining Bang BangSome of my short stories are fantasy. Within the Selfish World story universe, I think of these as part of a legendary past, so similar to such stories in our own world where there were once imagined elves, trolls, cyclops, etc. The last time I did a D&D campaign my…
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Continue reading →: Text-to-Speech ToolsIn terms of advertising stories, I would think YouTube videos could be a channel. However, looking for minimal additional production costs like a startup enterprise. AI can generate images to appeal to the visual sense, but what about audio? If the ad includes an excerpt that could me multiple voices.…
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Continue reading →: Rewriting and Reuse
One of my influences is independent filmmaker Brett Mauser of Not So Sane Entertainment. Frankly, his ability to tell an entertaining story on a low budget demonstrates his talent. While I just need to imagine something for a story at the cost of words and time, Mauser’s storytelling is constrained…
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.
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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