Category: Anecdotes

Publication of anecdotes about my writing world

AI and its staging inconsistencies

The author, perplexed before his cigar-smoking reflection, sees in the mirror symbolic figures, including Einstein and other thinkers, evoking intellectual reflection and scientific legacy

In my previous article, titled "The Author Throws Nothing Away," I looked for a visual concept to illustrate the dilemma between slimming down a text or, on the contrary, fleshing it out. The idea quickly came to me to stage...

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The author doesn't throw anything away.

A science fiction novelist in a dark suit, pipe in his mouth, carefully studies a handwritten page while discarding crumpled drafts into a bin, surrounded by scattered papers on his desk.

I've planned a whole series of articles for my blog, a good sixty so far. This one wasn't high on my list of priorities. However, while reading a post on www.atelierdesauteurs.com, I found an answer to one of my current concerns as a writer...

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Copyright

Copyright is a thorny subject for an author. He decided to cite no trademark by default.

The subject of copyright immediately appeared in my writing, like a discreet but essential thread. It became unavoidable when I approached the phones and brands that are omnipresent in my characters' lives. From my first…

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Franglais versus French

A science fiction novelist in a dark suit writes in chalk on a blackboard, contrasting English and French words, symbolizing the tension between two languages and two cultures.

Mastering one's written language seems like a given for a writer. But is it really as simple as it seems? An author's writing must be free of spelling, grammar, and stylistic errors. In the past, people relied on…

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