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Art Intelligence
ArtificialIntelligence By now, you’ve seen news stories that claim AI is the biggest boom for humans or the thing that will eventually...

Dale Furutani
Jan 21, 202413 min read


Enthusiastic. Too enthusiastic.
Right after World War II, Harold Robbins was the King of Trashy Beach Books. The New Yorker Magazine called him “the dirty old man of...

Dale Furutani
Jan 27, 20234 min read


Coping with Critics, the Zen Way
As the story goes, Buddha was wandering the countryside with his disciples. He would stop occasionally and give a lecture, and when he...

Dale Furutani
Apr 27, 20225 min read


What is Zen?
“If someone tells you they understand Zen, then the chances are they don’t know Zen.” – Alan Watts It might be easier to start by...

Dale Furutani
Apr 8, 20225 min read


Writers: Need Story Ideas? Ask WHAT IF
A constant question most writers get is where do story ideas come from? Once, as a joke, I said there was a magazine called “Ideas” that...

Dale Furutani
Feb 21, 20222 min read


If writers need character motivation, then consult the Buddha
When you first start writing, it usually takes a while to understand that, in the fictional world you’re creating, you are God. You can...

Dale Furutani
Feb 5, 20223 min read


Lester Dent Master Plot
Some people say there are only three basic plots in fiction (man vs. man; man vs. nature; man vs. himself - change pronouns and gender,...

Dale Furutani
Oct 27, 20212 min read


There's No Such Thing as Writer's Block
There is no such thing as “Writer’s Block.” Plumbers don’t get Plumber’s Block. Car mechanics don’t get Mechanic’s Block. And if you’ve...

Dale Furutani
Oct 27, 20212 min read
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