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Action isn’t narrative tension
Action doesn't equal tension. Learn why "raise the stakes" is useless advice—and get a concrete system to map, diagnose, and fix your manuscript's pacing problems.
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Catherine Forrest
2 days ago5 min read


You Can’t Optimize Your Way Out of Bad Inputs (But You Can Fix Them Upstream)
Authors aren’t an external variable. They’re our front end. Optimize upstream or keep paying for it downstream.
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Catherine Forrest
May 14 min read


It Happened to Me: The Importance of Documenting Your Writing Process
I fed my own work—100% human written, no AI assistance anywhere in the process—into an AI detection tool. It came back flagged as partially AI-generated.
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Catherine Forrest
Apr 223 min read


You Can’t Copyright AI-Generated Content. Here’s What Publishers and Indie Authors Need to Know.
The law is clear. The courts have ruled. The Supreme Court just declined to hear the appeal. If you’re publishing AI content without significant human work, you’re building on sand.
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Catherine Forrest
Apr 154 min read


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