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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 / > .
The book is available for pre-order at [Amazon.com ](https://www.amazon.com/Never-Say-You-Cant-Survive-ebook/dp/B08JK8XD1N ) or [Indiebound ](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250800015 ).
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## How to run
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
< details > < summary > Section I - Introduction< / summary > < ol >
< li > How To Make Your Own Imaginary Friends< / li >
< li > Imposter Syndrome Is Just Part of Being a Writer< / li >
< li > Embrace Uncertainty: The Joy of Making a Giant Mess< / li >
< li > Everything Is Broken! What Should I Write About?< / li >
< / ol > < / details >
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< details > < summary > Section II - What’ < / summary > < ol >
< li > Don’ < / li >
< li > The Secret to Storytelling? Just One Good Scene, and Then Another, and Another.< / li >
< li > The Most Powerful Thing a Story Can Do Is Show How People Change< / li >
< li > A Good Plot Is Made Out of Two Things< / li >
< li > How to Tell a Thrilling Story Without Breaking Your Own Heart< / li >
< li > The Ending Is The Beginning< / li >
< / ol > < / details >
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< details > < summary > Section III - Your Feelings are Valid—and Powerful< / summary > < ol >
< li > Hold On To Your Anger. It’ < / li >
< li > People Are Only as Interesting as Their Relationships< / li >
< li > One Easy Way to Feel Better About the World< / li >
< li > Revision Is the Process of Turning Fake Emotion Into Real Emotion< / li >
< li > Twelve Ways to Keep the Fun of Writing Alive< / li >
< / ol > < / details >
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< details > < summary > Section IV - What We Write About When We Write About Spaceships< / summary > < ol >
< li > How to Write a Political Story Without Falling on Your Face< / li >
< li > Good Worldbuilding Shows How Things Could Be Different< / li >
< li > The Unexamined Story Is Not Worth Writing< / li >
< li > Weirdness Gives Me the Strength To Keep Going< / li >
< li > 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 > Find Your Voice and Make It LOUD< / 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
A list of my other EBook generation projects: https://captnemo.in/ebooks/.
