Welcome to AI-assisted writing

0:00 This course is several hours of content teaching you everything that I've learned over the last 3 years of doing YouTube on the topic of AI for creative writing. Before that, I was the lead content manager for 3 years at Kindlepreneur, the leading online website for authors who want to write and self-publish their books. And before that, I wrote 14 books the traditional way. So, unlike a lot of tech bros on YouTube who have clearly never written a book in their life, I actually have experience with the process with and without AI.

0:23 And I'm going to show you exactly how I would write with AI in a way that completely preserves your voice, your creativity, and quality storytelling, all while making the process far less likely to burn you out than the traditional method. And in this course, [music] I'm not holding anything back. I'm showing you my methods that have allowed me to write a book in as little as 4 days. And I'm not just talking about some random story that AI makes up.

0:46 This was an actual story I had had in my head for years, finally envisioned in under a week. I know it's hard to place value on something that you get for free, and that's why no one has done this before in my niche. Not only is this a full course explaining every part of the writing process, and I'm not just teaching you, I'm actually going through the entire process with you step-by-step. And I'll even show you how to get your book edited, formatted, and published.

1:10 So, here is what you will learn in this course. I'll show you the entire strategy I use to build a book from scratch, just like I did in 4 days. I'll walk you through the most important parts of AI writing, like how to maintain your voice and how to make sure the output is yours. Most people think that writing with AI is just slop, but that's really when you don't know what you're doing and don't put any effort into your work.

1:32 The point of using AI is not to avoid work. It's to work smarter. And if you follow my instructions, your work will be of genuine quality, not AI slop. I also show you how we select a genre and optimize our book to ensure that readers are likely to want to read our book. And I'll also show you how we build our book bibles to ensure the AI has everything it needs to write an original book. So, I hope you can see the amount of value that you're about to receive in this course.

1:57 And I'll be real, a lot of you will go through this and not see the true value because you were able to just watch the video for free with no resistance. This is the exact reason why nobody is making free courses that are this in-depth. It is so easy for you to brush this off as not having much value because you didn't have to pay for it. But, I can genuinely promise you that every single person who goes through this course is going to have every piece of information that they need to write their first book, as well as their second book, or the third book, you name it.

2:43 I'm serious. This course is a step-by-step blueprint to growing your author business, and we cover everything from mindset to final publishing. So, if you want to write a book quickly and effectively without sacrificing quality, there really is no better place you could be than inside this free course. But, I will be completely real with you guys. This course has a lot of information. And if you follow it all the way through and follow every piece of advice, this will be a big challenge in your life.

3:06 In module one, we're going to tackle the part most authors skip, and it's exactly why they burn out. We'll talk about the difference between chasing quick money versus mastering your craft, and I'll show you how my own write 14 books then crash and burn phase almost killed my writing career. You'll also see how focusing on the wrong metrics destroyed my motivation and how shifting my definition of success brought me back to writing with more clarity and less pressure.

3:29 Then, we'll dig into abundance versus scarcity mindset for authors, and I'll give you concrete examples of how each one shows up in self-publishing. Things like the market is saturated, or if that author wins, I lose. From there, we'll zoom out and treat your writing as a real business. What it actually means to invest time and money into tools, education, and systems, and how those investments compound over years of publishing, and not just with one book launch.

3:51 And yes, we'll address the elephant in the room, using AI without shame as a way to offload the parts of the business that drain you, so you can double down on what you genuinely love. By the end of this first module, you'll have a practical mindset framework for a storytelling driven business, one that keeps you out of burnout, gives you permission to use AI strategically, and positions you to build a long-term catalog instead of betting everything on one perfect book.

4:15 Module two is where we get tactical, and I give you a customized tool stack instead of a mess of random apps. You'll come out knowing exactly which tool is best if you are a total beginner, which option makes the most sense when you want to automate and scale like a power user, and which middle ground system gives you the most control without requiring you to be super technical. By the end of this module, you'll have a setup that matches your skill level and goals, and you'll know how to use it to support every other step in your writing and publishing process.

4:39 And these are literally the exact tools that I use in my own author business and teach to my members. By the end of module three, you'll never sit down to plot from scratch again. Instead, you'll have genre-specific story templates that turn vague ideas into clear, repeatable structures designed to sell. You'll know how to choose the right niche for a book idea, how to lock in the aspects that readers expect, and how to build a framework that prevents generic AI slot plots.

5:03 The result is that every story you create after this module starts with a solid skeleton tailored to your genre, which makes everything else so much easier. Module four gives you a repeatable brainstorming system that produces commercially viable story ideas instead of random concepts you're not sure anyone wants. You'll learn how to turn genre research into concrete plot hooks, as well as tropes and setting that align with real reader demand, and how to use that to generate story material that feels fresh, but still familiar enough to sell.

5:26 By the end of this module, you'll have a complete story dossier filled with market-aware ideas, so that when you move forward, you have the best chance for success. In module five, you'll discover the ability to create characters and worlds that readers genuinely remember and talk about. You'll come away with a clear process for turning rough character sketches into multi-layered people with goals and flaws and arcs, and for building settings that feel lived in instead of just broad and generic.

6:12 You'll end up with a cast in a world that naturally generate conflict, making your plot more engaging and your book far more likely to turn casual readers into dedicated fans. Module six gives you a flexible blueprint for your book, a clear beginning, middle, and end, plus key turning points and subplots, all aligned with your genre templates from earlier. The outcome is that you always know what happens next when you sit down to write without feeling locked into a rigid plan, so that you reduce writer's block and keep your story on track.

6:36 By the end of module seven, you'll have a streamlined approach to drafting chapters that balance speed with quality. You'll know how to break your book into manageable chunks, how to use AI to accelerate the drafting, and how to keep your voice and intent intact throughout the entire process. Because of this, the actual prose will become the fastest and most predictable part of your workflow, something that you can do consistently. Module eight turns editing from a vague make-it-better phase into a clear step-by-step upgrade path for your manuscript.

6:58 You'll learn how to spot and fix the most common issues introduced by AI-assisted writing, and you'll learn how to tighten your prose, you'll learn how to all of the different layers of editing to polish that book, and you'll get a practical editing routine that you can repeat for each project that saves you a whole lot of both money and time. In module nine, you'll end up with a finished book that looks like it belongs on the shelf next to your favorite authors, and not in some sort of homemade experiment category.

7:21 You'll understand what makes a cover actually sell, how to ensure your cover matches your genre's visual language, and how to format your book so it's easy and enjoyable to read in both ebook and print. The result is a package that converts, aka more trust from readers who are seeing you for the first time. And finally, by the end of module 10, the last module in this course, you'll know how to get your book out into the real world with a strategy that matches where you are in your career.

7:44 You'll learn the pros and cons of sticking with the biggest retailers versus going wide, what exclusivity really means for your income, and when it makes sense to move into more advanced options like selling direct from your own store. I'll also show you exactly what to do to publish that first book and get the finished version in your hands. So, that's what makes up this course, and there will be chapters so you can go through this course at your own pace and skip the ones that aren't relevant to you.

8:07 But, I want to quickly talk about how you can get more direct access to me through my school community if you are interested. If you want someone to hold your hand through the entire process, we hold weekly coaching calls to do just that. The membership also comes with a full step-by-step guide to write your book, and we just recently launched Story Hacker OS, which is our own proprietary AI software that is tailored to our methods and workflows so that you can write far more efficiently than you could even with the other tools that I'll be showing you today.

8:30 But, most importantly, this is a place where you can be with the other authors, people who are on the same path as you, trying to write their books, and people who share your common interests, and people who understand how isolating the writing process can be, and want to form genuine connections with other creators and grow together. I can speak firsthand, when I was starting publishing in 2018, it was just me in my room typing for hours and hours until I eventually burned out.

8:54 None of my friends understood what I was doing, and often times I would get up at 4:00 a.m. just to get an hour of writing in while still working my day job, which naturally killed my evening social life. So, not only is this school community a place where you have direct access to me and my team to ask specific questions about your book and make sure you're on the correct path, but it's also a place where you can meet other authors that understand you.

9:16 And that's what this community was built for. But, I'm going to leave things there, and if you're interested in getting a one-on-one connection with me and a community of like-minded people, then you can learn more through the first link in this video's description. I hope it becomes evident as you watch this course that you can feel my intentions for making this for you. Seven years ago, I burned out hard when trying to go through the traditional writing and self-publishing process.

9:37 In a few years, I wrote 14 books, but at a huge cost. Discovering the technology and the techniques that I'm going to show you in this course is what got me out of creative burnout and enjoying the writing process again. And that is what I want for all of you, whether you're just getting started or you're an experienced author already. If I had this information when I first started, then I would be way further ahead than I currently am and would never have burned out in the first place.

10:01 And the results are already showing. For example, this person is now making multiple five figures a month from their books. And this person even got a huge promotion just from the technical advancements that they gained by learning in my community. And we have literally hundreds of authors so far who have already completed a full book in a month, one that matches their vision and avoids burnout. Understanding how AI can integrate with your human creativity is the biggest advantage that any creator can have, and I feel blessed that I'm able to share my knowledge with you.

10:47 With that said, I want to thank you for this opportunity again, and it's time to take you through the first steps into this program. Once you complete this full video, follow the first link in the description below, and I will see you inside. Now, let's get in to module one. For this first module, we absolutely must talk about mindset. And yeah, I know, I can hear you rolling your eyes right now, but hear me out because this