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Warren Buffett once said,"It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes." We at the podcast agree, and that is what we are going to talk about on this week’s episode. We start off with a cautionary tale as Jamie’s “what’s up” and then launch into a discussion of mistakes we’ve either made or witnessed in our writing careers so that you can avoid them.

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Sprint Prompt: Second Friday Sentence: "She had watched it all unfold from a distance, quietly vowing never to make the same mistake."

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Last episode, we discussed dialogue Dos and Don’ts. This week we are continuing the discourse, honing in on the specifics of writing dialogue that works!

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Sprint Prompt: Write an entire scene using only dialogue

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Perhaps you like your hero to be the ‘strong silent type’ or your female protagonist to be introverted and bookish, exuding “black cat energy.” Perhaps you enjoy taking your readers on a scenic meandering of a town or vista, and wonder, “who needs dialogue, anyway?” But guess what? Without dialogue, you couldn’t even wonder such a thing! On today’s episode, we’re going to show you what else dialogue can do for the betterment of your story.

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Sprint Prompt: Something You Regret Saying

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What makes a villain truly villainous? And how can Christian storytellers write villains that both challenge their heroes and point readers toward deeper spiritual truths?

In this episode, we explore the art of crafting compelling villains in faith-driven fiction.

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Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/
Tina: https://christinacattane.com/

Sprint Prompt: Rewrite a story from the villain’s POV

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So, we’ve convinced you to heap trouble upon your characters, and now you’ve gotten them into a real fix! The question is, how do you untangle this mass of complications, peril, or genuine disaster you’ve created? This week, the ladies have five techniques you can use to save your characters while preserving the believability and relatability you have worked so hard to cultivate earlier in the story.

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Tina: https://christinacattane.com/

Sprint Prompt: arrogant, yard, appetite, bee, percent

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If you’re anywhere on social media, you’ve likely encountered The Atlantic’s article about META scraping millions of books and scientific papers to train its AI, without giving a dime of compensation to the authors. One of our hosts has fallen victim to this scheme, and we’re going to talk about it today. Ready or not, AI is here, and it's coming after our creative works. What are the ramifications, and what can the Indie Author do about it?

The Atlantic article: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/

Appellate Court Ruling: https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/insights/publications/2025/03/appellate-court-confirms-copyright-statute-limits-authorship-to-humans-foreclosing-copyright-registration-for-content-solely-generated-by-ai

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Tina: https://christinacattane.com/

Sprint Prompt: ear, detective, scream, voter, rib

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In this follow up to our ‘Should you hire a book coach’ episode, we will be talking to Tina’s book coach Elyse Seal from Author Accelerator. Come join us as we discuss the benefits and details of hiring a book coach.

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Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/
Tina: https://christinacattane.com/

Sprint Prompt: Sentence: “As soon as she walked in, she felt the tension.”

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This week we’re exploring conflict in the second of two episodes about this meaty topic. At the end of these episodes it is our hope that you will learn to embrace conflict as an author. While we may do whatever we can to keep the peace in our real lives, in our books, conflict is a necessary tool for crafting an excellent narrative.

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Jamie: https://writingshorts.net/
Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/
Tina: https://christinacattane.com/

Sprint Prompt: sentence: My mind is blank.