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On Being a Dictator: Using Dictation to Be a Better Writer

By Kevin J. Anderson & Martin L. Shoemaker &
On Being a Dictator: Using Dictation to Be a Better Writer by Kevin J. Anderson & Martin L. Shoemaker &  digital book - Fable

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Tired of being stuck in a chair behind a desk?

 

Do you want to write more without sacrificing your health and sanity?

 

Learn how you can get more written while

●      Hiking or just going for a stroll 

●      Driving

●      Watching your kids play at the park

●      Taking a bath

 

Multiple New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson has written 180 books—sixteen million words!—most of them by dictating into a hand-held recorder while hiking. Award-winning novelist and short story writer Martin L. Shoemaker dictates chapters and stories while driving, turning his daily commute into a productive work session.

 

These two die-hard "dictators," share their techniques and insights into how dictation can help you 

●      Improve your writing productivity

●      Use otherwise lost time to brainstorm, plot, develop characters, write articles, and more

●      Get inspired by leaving your confined office and getting a fresh perspective elsewhere

●      Stay in shape while writing


 

Revised and expanded to include new technologies, AI transcription, and updated techniques!

 

On Being a Dictator, part of the Million Dollar Writing Series, will help you think outside the box, consider a different writing method, and up your game in the fast-paced ever-changing world of publishing.

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About Kevin J. Anderson

Kevin J. Anderson has written 50 national bestsellers and has over 23 million books in print worldwide in thirty languages. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Readers' Choice Award; in 2012 at San Diego Comic Con he received the Faust Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has written numerous bestselling and critically acclaimed novels in the Dune universe with Brian Herbert, as well as Star Wars and X-Files novels. In his original work, he is best known for his Saga of Seven Suns series, the Terra Incognita trilogy, the Dan Shamble Zombie PI series, and Clockwork Angels: The Novel with Neil Peart. Find out more about Kevin J. Anderson at www.wordfire.com.

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