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# Never Say You Can’t Survive  
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“You have the power to shape worlds, and the monsters are scared of you.”
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From author Charlie Jane Anders, Never Say You Can’t Survive is a how-to book about the storytelling craft, but it’s also full of memoir, personal anecdote, and insight about how to flourish in the present emergency.
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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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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
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Dependencies: `ruby`, `wget`, `pandoc`
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```
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git clone https://github.com/captn3m0/never-say-you-cant-survive.git
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cd never-say-you-cant-survive
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bundle install
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./generate.sh
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```
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Your generated ebook should be available at never-say-you-cant-survive.epub
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## Contents
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<details><summary>Section I - Introduction</summary><ol>
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<li>How To Make Your Own Imaginary Friends</li>
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<li>Imposter Syndrome Is Just Part of Being a Writer</li>
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<li>Embrace Uncertainty: The Joy of Making a Giant Mess</li>
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<li>Everything Is Broken! What Should I Write About?</li>
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</ol></details>
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<details><summary>Section II - What’s A Story, and How Do You Find One?</summary><ol>
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<li>Don’t Be Afraid to Go on Lots of First Dates With Story Ideas</li>
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<li>The Secret to Storytelling? Just One Good Scene, and Then Another, and Another.</li>
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<li>The Most Powerful Thing a Story Can Do Is Show How People Change</li>
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<li>A Good Plot Is Made Out of Two Things</li>
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<li>How to Tell a Thrilling Story Without Breaking Your Own Heart</li>
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<li>The Ending Is The Beginning</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>Hold On To Your Anger. It’s a Storytelling Goldmine</li>
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<li>People Are Only as Interesting as Their Relationships</li>
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<li>One Easy Way to Feel Better About the World</li>
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<li>Revision Is the Process of Turning Fake Emotion Into Real Emotion</li>
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<li>Twelve Ways to Keep the Fun of Writing Alive</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>How to Write a Political Story Without Falling on Your Face</li>
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<li>Good Worldbuilding Shows How Things Could Be Different</li>
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<li>The Unexamined Story Is Not Worth Writing</li>
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<li>Weirdness Gives Me the Strength To Keep Going</li>
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<li>When Is It Okay To Write About Someone Else’s Culture or Experience?</li>
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</ol></details>
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<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.
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## Other Projects
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A list of my other EBook generation projects: https://captnemo.in/ebooks/. |