Category: Anecdotes

Publication of anecdotes about my writing world

Focus on self-publishing

In a neon-lit futuristic street, a cheerful, stout science fiction novelist holds a glowing poster showing the cover of his book with the name «Laurent Chani», while a young man on his left reads an open book and a humanoid robot on his right displays a digital panel filled with books, all set in the middle of a high-tech city with flying cars and giant screens in the background.

It is said that in almost every home, a manuscript lies dormant at the bottom of a drawer. The desire to leave a written record of one's time on Earth is deeply ingrained in us, even if, in our time, we have fewer…

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Build an author website

The author writes with a quill while viewing his website on a screen, smoking a pipe | The author writes with a quill while viewing his website on a screen, smoking a pipe

I've just spent two full months, almost daily, preparing my site laurentchani.com. I started by opening an account with OVH and using WordPress.org, but I quickly realized that I had to "get my hands dirty…

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Author's Writing Process: Step One

Writer Laurent Chani thinks deeply, holding a quill in his pipe while staring at his paper | Author Laurent Chani thinks deeply, holding a quill in his pipe while staring at his paper

My writing process is based on a three-step approach. In this post, I'll introduce you to the first step. This is the raw writing, where the creativity of the project is expressed. I visualize the scene and the characters' dialogue. I adopt the…

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Free Will versus Inevitability

Laurent Chani, seated at his desk with a quill in hand, gazes thoughtfully at a series of translucent bubbles rising into the air as a metaphor for imagination | Laurent Chani, seated at his desk with a quill in hand, gazes thoughtfully at a series of translucent bubbles rising into the air as a metaphor for imagination

Free will was one of the starting points of my writing project. It was accompanied by the desire to explore what humanity might become in the near future, which, however, I will not experience in my lifetime. Certainly, the subject…

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