{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Smarter Artist Show: Episode 17 \u2014 How to Write Fast (With or Without Robots)","description":"Dave spent twelve years writing bits and pieces of stories at a gas station. He never finished one. Sean spent three years nagging him to publish his first book. Now they've written more than 60 novels together. In this episode, Dave and Sean dig into the real reasons writers stall, why AI won't save you if your process is broken, and the one habit Sean says matters more than any tool or technique. WHAT THEY GET INTO The vomit pass. Sean breaks down the system he's used since his blogging days: brain drain first, clarify second, polish third. Never try to write something you're proud of on the first pass. That's what slows you down. AI as brainstorming partner, not ghostwriter. Sean makes the case that using AI to brainstorm, pressure-test outlines, or generate naming options isn't cheating. Dave disagrees. Loudly. The argument is one of the better ones they've had, and Sean eventually lands on the real point: you're cheating yourself when you make obstacles out of things that aren't your superpower. Dave's fantasy novel. He's been world-building in journals for five or six years. He still hasn't named the continents. Sean has opinions about this, especially after Dave rejected the solution in front of him. The consistency principle. Sean writes every single day, not because he loves every session, but because stopping means starting over. Twenty minutes a day beats two hours once a week, every time. The million-word year that wasn't. Sean challenged Dave to write a million words in a year. They wrote 30k. The book: How to Write Fast (With or Without Robots)* is available now at http:\/\/smarterartist.net\/htwf The Dispatch: Weekly newsletter with a story, a pattern, a reframe, and a shift, every Friday. Free at https:\/\/smarterartist.net\/dispatch. Subscribers get a copy of The Smarter Artist Method at signup.   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Into  SOMETHING COOL  2:00 \u2014 Sean talks \u201cBeef\u201d and Dave talks about his love for Grimace.  8:00 \u2014 Dave talks about Apple TV\u2019s \u201cWidow Bay\u201d 12:40 \u2014 The topic of the show \u2014 writing fast, and updating the book \u201cHow to Write Fast\u201d with advice on using AI in the planning process. 20:00 \u2014 Dave talks about his fantasy series he\u2019s been planning for 5-6 years. Dave and Sean then argue over whether it\u2019s okay to use AI to name towns and cities in his book. Dave would like to, but feels like it\u2019s cheating. Sean has a different opinion. This argument goes on for some time!  37:00 \u2014 Sean talks about how he came up as a writer and how he got so fast. He talks about some of the methods that have helped him write millions of words. ","author_name":"The Smarter Artist Show","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smarterartist.net","html":"