Derek Murphy 834 Authentic Creativity as a response to Artificial Intelligence As a writer, with a background in moral philosophy and art history, I’m fascinated by the current dance with the nascent technology of artificial intelligence and what it means for human creativity.

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As a book designer and guerrilla marketing expert, Derek has helped tens of thousands of authors finally realize their dream of publishing a book (and launching to #1 bestseller).

Here’s a free 1-hour writing tutorial that covers the 8-point plot dot outline. It’ll give you a framework for basic story structure that will help you finish any type of commercial fiction, and even some nonfiction.

Hey there, I’m Derek Murphy. I put myself through grad school (PhD in literature) as an editor, and then as a book cover designer. Before that I was a fine artist, studying classical realism in Florence Italy and exhibiting in Taiwan.

Welcome to my blog, where I teach creative people how start profitable freelance businesses, produce and sell their best work, and “blaze a trail of creative luminosity.” When I started this blog, I had a lot of experience in fine art and publishing.

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Urban fantasy is more action and character-driven. Usually the top half of a character in an action pose. An epic fantasy would have a big sweeping landscape, and a small character, to show it’s a story-driven world. All stories are about people: so you need a *humanizing element.* It doesn’t have to be a model or stock photography image.

2016年12月4日 · Derek Murphy is a book designer and indie publishing pioneer: he’s built dozens of tools and resources to help authors design and publish better books. Follow him at www.creativindie.com.