Depending in what you write the help of AI is not for granted a great solution for fast progress. I used gemini and chatgpt for: - outlining the structure of my book series - getting suggestions for chapters - chapter structure - suggestions for a storytelling arc Lot's of output from both but nothing I could really use. I even provided the AI with all my writings from over ten years. (freelance journalist) Solution: Taking the time and sit with the uncomfortable emptiness in my head for a start. I read almost every standard book about writing over the years. Knowing and doing - once again - are two completely separate things 😆 I need to make the subject/topic/chapter MY OWN by just shmashing the keyboard like crazy and get the stuff out first. Messy, wrong, no logic, no structure..... The fun part: Sculpting beauty out of that chaos 😍😍😍💪💪💪

Books becoming movies always sparks opinions—sometimes the book is better, sometimes the movie hits harder, and sometimes they’re just… different. Does a book-to-movie adaptation ever influence you to buy the book?Or do you usually watch the movie first and skip the reading altogether? 👇 Let’s turn this into a fun thread: Drop your favorites below - A book you read before it became a movie - OR a movie you loved and later found out it was a book first - Tell us if you read the book, watched the movie, or both ⚠️ Important rule so this stays organized: 👉 One comment per book → movie recommendation 👉 Add a GIF that matches the book or movie This way we end up with a clean, scrollable list of recommendations everyone can save. Can’t wait to see what shows up 🍿📚

After a long lead time and plenty of quiet work behind the scenes, I’ve finally set the pre-release date for my cyber crime trilogy — 1 September — with pre-orders now live on Amazon. No sales pitch here. Just sharing the win. Hitting that date feels huge. There’s something powerful about locking in a deadline and actually meeting it. One of the best parts of this journey has been this community. The ideas, experience, reality checks, and encouragement here are exactly what I’ll be leaning on next — especially around promotion, launch strategy, and all the things that happen between now and release day. Grateful to be surrounded by people who genuinely get the process. Onward 🚀📚

I’ve been paying attention to the patterns in the ⭐ FREE community... Most of you don’t lack motivation. You don’t lack ideas. You don’t even lack effort. What I keep seeing is this: People get excited → start learning → then stall. People come into a free community, start engagement, but then disappear. You’re trying to: • choose the right topic • figure out what actually sells • understand the steps without overthinking • avoid wasting time on the wrong book And when those pieces aren’t clear, progress slows down fast. This is completely normal, especially at the beginning. I’ve been working on a way to make this part simpler and more structured for people who want that kind of clarity. I’ll share more tomorrow. 👉For now, I’m curious — What part of the process feels the most confusing right now? Topic? Writing? Knowing the next step?

Who else has thought of a motivational board above their writing area? I’m putting together four and my first to consider are here. When I finalise my four I will put them in a small frame above my computer. What are you four or even just one as your motivation for not giving up? (I’ll pick one out of the famous failures)