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Tell Your Story to Beat the Bots

THRIVING AND SURVIVING IN THE AGE OF AI

— with Jane K. Cleland —

Tell Your Story to Beat the Bots

THRIVING AND SURVIVING IN THE AGE OF AI

— with Jane K. Cleland—

$89.99

June 5, 2025
1:00 PM ET

Each registration comes with access to the archived version of the program and the materials for 30 days. You do not have to attend the live event to get a recording of the presentation.  Attendees have the ability to chat with the instructor during the live event and ask questions. This webinar is 90-minutes.

A copy of the webinar presentation recording will be added to your Writer's Digest University account as soon as possible after the live webinar. It may take 24–48 hours to process and post to your Writer's Digest University account.

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$89.99

June 5, 2025
1:00 PM ET

Each registration comes with access to the archived version of the program and the materials for 30 days. You do not have to attend the live event to get a recording of the presentation.  Attendees have the ability to chat with the instructor during the live event and ask questions. This webinar is 90-minutes.

A copy of the webinar presentation recording will be added to your Writer's Digest University account as soon as possible after the live webinar. It may take 24–48 hours to process and post to your Writer's Digest University account.

Enroll Now

About the webinar

About the webinar

You have a story to tell, an important story, your story. Getting that story down on paper is hard, though, and with bots taking over the writing market, authors worry they’ll soon become irrelevant. The answer isn’t to surrender to the doom and gloom predictions. On the contrary, it’s time to lean into your humanity, to do what artificial intelligence can’t—be creative. AI is, by definition, derivative, so the trick is to come up with new ideas, new structures, new approaches. In this live webinar, you’ll learn how to harness your innate creativity using science-based creativity-boosting techniques to come up with fresh ideas.

Jane consulted dozens of bestselling authors and publishing industry professionals to discover best practices leading to writing success. She’ll share these “Pro Tips” to help you out-write AI.

Just as real food is better for us than processed food and actual social interactions are more meaningful than social media, when it comes to writing your story, artificial intelligence can’t replicate your individual human intelligence, imagination, and sensibility. Your uniqueness is what separates you from a chatbot, and explains why you can’t be replaced by an algorithm. You’ll succeed because you’re human, not in spite of it.

In this live webinar, you’ll learn how to bring your creativity, your individuality, and your judgment to your work. And that’s how you’ll out-write a chatbot all day long.

Meet the instructor

Jane K. Cleland

Jane K. Cleland’s books on the craft of writing, Mastering Suspense, Structure & Plot and Mastering Plot Twists both won the Agatha Award. Beat the Bots: An Author’s Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Age of AI will be published in August. Jane has also written fourteen novels in the multiple award-winning Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery series [St. Martin’s Minotaur, with short fiction published by Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine]. The series has just been optioned for film and TV. In addition, Jane is a contributing editor for Writer’s Digest Magazine and the chair of the Black Orchid Novella Award, presented by the Wolfe Pack in partnership with Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Jane is the Vice President of the Florida chapter of MWA. Previously, she served as President of the New York Chapter of MWA and was on the national board. http://janecleland.com

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