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# Never Say You Can’
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“You have the power to shape worlds, and the monsters are scared of you.”
From author Charlie Jane Anders, Never Say You Can’ ’
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The repository contains scripts to generate an ebook in the EPUB format from the posts at tor.com. More details at < https: / / www . tor . com / series / never-say-you-cant-survive-by-charlie-jane-anders / > .
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Support the author by getting the book at [Amazon.com ](https://www.amazon.com/Never-Say-You-Cant-Survive-ebook/dp/B08JK8XD1N ), [Indiebound ](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250800015 ), [Barnes and Noble ](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/never-say-you-cant-survive-charlie-jane-anders/1137655286?ean=9781250800015 ). Audiobook available on [Audible ](https://www.amazon.com/Never-Say-You-Cant-Survive/dp/B08XDQGS5Q/ ).
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## How to run
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### With Docker
```bash
docker pull captn3m0/never-say-you-cant-survive
docker run --rm --volume "$(pwd):/output" captn3m0/never-say-you-cant-survive:latest
```
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The generated file will get created in your current directory.
If you are on Windows, instead run:
```
docker pull captn3m0/never-say-you-cant-survive
docker run --rm --volume "//c/:/output" captn3m0/never-say-you-cant-survive:latest
```
and the generated ebook will be created in the `C:\never-say-you-cant-survive.epub` .
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### Without Docker
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Dependencies: `ruby` , `wget` , `pandoc`
```
git clone https://github.com/captn3m0/never-say-you-cant-survive.git
cd never-say-you-cant-survive
bundle install
./generate.sh
```
Your generated ebook should be available at never-say-you-cant-survive.epub
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## Contents
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(All links to Tor.com)
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< details > < summary > Section I - Introduction< / summary > < ol >
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< li markdown = 1 > [How To Make Your Own Imaginary Friends][c1]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [Imposter Syndrome Is Just Part of Being a Writer][c2]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [Embrace Uncertainty: The Joy of Making a Giant Mess][c3]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [Everything Is Broken! What Should I Write About?][c4]< / li >
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< / ol > < / details >
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< details > < summary > Section II - What’ < / summary > < ol >
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< li markdown = 1 > [Don’ < / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [The Secret to Storytelling? Just One Good Scene, and Then Another and Another][c6]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [The Most Powerful Thing a Story Can Do Is Show How People Change][c7]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [A Good Plot Is Made Out of Two Things][c8]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [How to Tell a Thrilling Story Without Breaking Your Own Heart][c9]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [The Ending Is The Beginning][c10]< / li >
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< / ol > < / details >
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< details > < summary > Section III - Your Feelings are Valid—and Powerful< / summary > < ol >
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< li markdown = 1 > [Hold On To Your Anger. It’ < / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [People Are Only as Interesting as Their Relationships][c12]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [One Easy Way to Feel Better About the World][c13]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [Revision Is the Process of Turning Fake Emotion Into Real Emotion][c14]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [Twelve Ways to Keep the Fun of Writing Alive][c15]< / li >
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< / ol > < / details >
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< details > < summary > Section IV - What We Write About When We Write About Spaceships< / summary > < ol >
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< li markdown = 1 > [How to Write a Political Story Without Falling on Your Face][c16]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [Good Worldbuilding Shows How Things Could Be Different][c17]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [The Unexamined Story Is Not Worth Writing][c18]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [Weirdness Gives Me the Strength To Keep Going][c19]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [When Is It Okay To Write About Someone Else’ < / li >
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< / ol > < / details >
< details > < summary > Section V: How to Use Writerly Tricks to Gain Unstoppable Powers< / summary > < ol >
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< li markdown = 1 > [Find Your Voice and Make It LOUD][c21]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [A Strong Narrator Can Help You Weave a Spell of Protection][c22]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [When the World Goes Loopy, You Can Become a Master of Time and Space][c23]< / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [Irony Doesn’ < / li >
< li markdown = 1 > [Write The Book That Only You Could Have Written][c25]< / li >
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< / ol > < / details >
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## License
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Licensed under the [MIT License ](https://nemo.mit-license.org/ ). See LICENSE file for details.
## Other Projects
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A list of my other EBook generation projects: < https: / / captnemo . in / ebooks / > .
[c1]: https://www.tor.com/2020/05/12/never-say-you-cant-survive-how-to-get-through-hard-times-by-making-up-stories/
[c2]: https://www.tor.com/2020/05/19/never-say-you-cant-survive-imposter-syndrome-is-just-part-of-being-a-writer/
[c3]: https://www.tor.com/2020/05/26/never-say-you-cant-survive-embrace-uncertainty-the-joy-of-making-a-giant-mess/
[c4]: https://www.tor.com/2020/06/09/never-say-you-cant-survive-everything-is-broken-what-should-i-write-about/
[c5]: https://www.tor.com/2020/06/16/never-say-you-cant-survive-dont-be-afraid-to-go-on-lots-of-first-dates-with-story-ideas/
[c6]: https://www.tor.com/2020/06/23/never-say-you-cant-survive-the-secret-to-storytelling-just-one-good-scene-and-then-another-and-another/
[c7]: https://www.tor.com/2020/06/30/never-say-you-cant-survive-the-most-powerful-thing-a-story-can-do-is-show-how-people-change/
[c8]: https://www.tor.com/2020/07/14/never-say-you-cant-survive-a-good-plot-is-made-out-of-two-things/
[c9]: https://www.tor.com/2020/07/21/never-say-you-cant-survive-how-to-tell-a-thrilling-story-without-breaking-your-own-heart/
[c10]: https://www.tor.com/2020/07/28/never-say-you-cant-survive-the-ending-is-the-beginning/
[c11]: https://www.tor.com/2020/08/04/never-say-you-cant-survive-hold-on-to-your-anger-its-a-storytelling-goldmine/
[c12]: https://www.tor.com/2020/08/11/never-say-you-cant-survive-people-are-only-as-interesting-as-their-relationships/
[c13]: https://www.tor.com/2020/08/18/never-say-you-cant-survive-one-easy-way-to-feel-better-about-the-world/
[c14]: https://www.tor.com/2020/08/25/never-say-you-cant-survive-revision-is-the-process-of-turning-fake-emotion-into-real-emotion/
[c15]: https://www.tor.com/2020/09/01/never-say-you-cant-survive-twelve-ways-to-keep-the-fun-of-writing-alive/
[c16]: https://www.tor.com/2020/09/08/never-say-you-cant-survive-how-to-write-a-political-story-without-falling-on-your-face/
[c17]: https://www.tor.com/2020/09/15/never-say-you-cant-survive-good-worldbuilding-shows-how-things-could-be-different/
[c18]: https://www.tor.com/2020/09/22/never-say-you-cant-survive-the-unexamined-story-is-not-worth-writing/
[c19]: https://www.tor.com/2020/09/29/never-say-you-cant-survive-weirdness-gives-me-the-strength-to-keep-going/
[c20]: https://www.tor.com/2020/10/06/never-say-you-cant-survive-when-is-it-okay-to-write-about-someone-elses-culture-or-experience/
[c21]: https://www.tor.com/2020/10/13/never-say-you-cant-survive-find-your-voice-and-make-it-loud/
[c22]: https://www.tor.com/2020/10/20/never-say-you-cant-survive-a-strong-narrator-can-help-you-weave-a-spell-of-protection/
[c23]: https://www.tor.com/2020/11/03/never-say-you-cant-survive-when-the-world-goes-loopy-you-can-become-a-master-of-time-and-space/
[c24]: https://www.tor.com/2020/11/10/never-say-you-cant-survive-irony-doesnt-have-to-be-the-enemy-of-feels-they-can-team-up-in-fact/
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[c25]: https://www.tor.com/2020/11/17/never-say-you-cant-survive-write-the-book-that-only-you-could-have-written/
