Synopsis

Beat the Bots offers science-based creativity techniques that guide you through the writing process to unlock your imagination and create compelling stories that resonate with emotional truth in ways AI cant match.Even though artificial intelligence is based on a technology called machine learning, computers cant learn to be creativebut you can. This book will show you the way. AI is, by definition, derivative, not creative. It cant bring rational judgment to determine the quality or value of its work. When you bring those capabilities to your writing, your stories will touch readers hearts and minds. Just as real food is better for us than processed food, and actual social interactions are more meaningful than social media, when it comes to writing your story, artificial intelligence cant replicate your individual human intelligence, imagination, and sensibility. Technical wizardry cant tell your story. Only you can do that. Your uniqueness is what separates you from a chatbot, and explains why you cant be replaced by an algorithm. Youll succeed because youre human, not in spite of it. Through engaging FAQs, invaluable Pro Tips, and AI Weighs In revelations, youll be able to apply the writing lessons and creativity tactics to all aspects of storytelling, bringing your distinctive vision and voice to your projects in ways AI simply cant. Thought-provoking, science-based guided exercises challenge you to apply each chapters lessons to your own writing. Whether youre writing a novel, literary nonfiction, or a memoir, youll be able to write stories that are fresh and compellingyour storiesand those are the books that publishers want and readers crave. Thats how youll beat the bots.

About The Author

Jane K. Clelands books on the craft of writing, Mastering Suspense, Structure & Plot and Mastering Plot Twists (Writers Digest Books, now Penguin Putnam Random House) both won the Agatha Award. Jane has also written fourteen novels in the multiple award-winning Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery series (St. Martins Minotaur, with short fiction published by Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine). The series has been optioned for film and TV production. In addition, Jane is a contributing editor for Writers Digest Magazine and the chair of the Black Orchid Novella Award, presented by the Wolfe Pack in partnership with Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Jane is a frequent in-person and online presenter at writing conferences, association meetings, and MFA Residencies. She also offers small group Mystery Mastermind virtual workshops, monthly webinars, and free weekly YouTube Shortiesone-to-three-minute answers to FAQ. More information is available at http://janecleland.com.