Category: Writing process

Writing is a multifaceted process that depends on each writer.

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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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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An empty circular assembly hall, with a glass floor revealing an ocean with a shark and corals below, under a round ceiling opening to the sky
Excerpt: The conference room
Alternative text: A science fiction writer, dressed in a dark suit and smoking a pipe, writes with an old-fashioned quill in front of a large hourglass spilling sand onto his papers, symbolizing the passing of time.
The inevitable destiny
Laurent Chani swimming breaststroke with intensity, wearing a striped swimsuit and swimming goggles, a pipe in his mouth | Laurent Chani swimming breaststroke with intensity, wearing a striped swimsuit and swimming goggles, a pipe in his mouth
What kind of man would the author have liked to be?
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