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FFA Accelerator

🎬 Getting Started

Introduction (1:23)
Course Orientation - Finding Everything in the Course (14:18)
Calendar Link to Live Q&A Sessions
Discord
Reaching Staff
Resources
How to Submit Homework
Questions

🏫 The Foundation

Lab Notes
Tech Intro (3:55)
Chat vs API (16:43)
Tokens (10:15)
OpenAI Playground and Temperature (13:29)
Top K, Top P, and Frequency Penalty (9:46)
Presence Penalty (8:36)
Worksheets for Key Vocabulary, Models, and AI Parameters
Context Windows and the Basics of Prompt Engineering (4:15)
Determining the "Best" Models (8:52)
Reasoning vs Non-Reasoning Models
Understanding Content Policies & Restrictions (14:20)
Understanding Licensing (5:39)
How to Access Unfiltered (Open Source) Models (4:33)
Wrappers (2:48)
Raptor Write (24:09)
Plotdrive (36:33)
Creating an Account and API Key on OpenRouter
Creating an Account and API Key on OpenAI
Creating an Account and API Key on Anthropic Claude
Creating an Account and API Key on Google Gemini
Creating an Account and API Key on Mistral
Homework

🎰 Getting to Know EPBM

EPBM Notes and Prompts
The Prompt (22:24)
Components (2:41)
Drafting (91:07)
Validation (3:05)
Homework

Completing an Entire Project

Dealing With The Crease
Alyssa EPBM Process (12:59)
Easy Peasy Book Machine Stand Alone Course: Built It, Bend It, Break It Down - Part 1 (50:20)
Easy Peasy Book Machine Stand Alone Course: Built It, Bend It, Break It Down - Part 2 (26:43)
Homework

Sequencing

Notes, Prompts, and Transcript
What is a Sequence? (4:54)
Mindset & Design
Building a Sequence (4:43)
Creating the Starting and Ending Point for the Sequence (9:12)
Some Examples of Starting and Ending Points for Sequences (9:47)
Sketching Out the Middle (14:10)
Testing the Framework (15:38)
Troubleshooting
Refining & Expansion
How, What, Why Prompts (4:56)
Using the LLM to Create Definitions (6:34)
Have the AI Write the Prompt and Create a Plan (10:17)
Using Templates (6:43)
Bonus Tips and Tricks (6:51)
Comparing the Final Outputs (11:25)
Homework

Write an Entire Novel with Other Methods

Megaprompting & Chapter Briefs Methods (43:55)
Advanced Writing Briefs (46:43)
How to Make a Story Dossier - Part 1 (52:07)
How to Make a Story Dossier - Part 2 (71:47)
Setting Up a New Project in Raptor Write and Pantsing (55:46)
The PEZ Method (61:17)
The Give Me More Method (21:56)
Homework

Your First Draft

Madness of EAW- YFD Launch (78:55)
Madness EAW- Class 1: How to Generate and Export a Five Chapter Draft with YFD (53:36)
Madness EAW- Class 2: How to Generate and Export a Five Chapter Draft with YFD (52:08)

Editing with AI

Better Writing That the AI Can't Do with Elizabeth - Notes and Transcript
Introduction to AI Writing and Its Pitfalls (7:48)
Revising AI Generated Text (4:25)
The Problem with AI Generated Endings (11:44)
Improving AI Writing Techniques (10:00)
Analyzing Human vs AI Dialogue (10:18)
Rephrasing Editing with Steph - Notes and Transcript
Clarity and Conciseness (16:50)
Engaging Descriptions (10:52)
Creative Rewrites (8:36)
Style and Tone Adjustments (12:01)
Loops of Editing Prompts with Stacey - Notes and Transcript
Editing Loop Workflow (12:28)
Overview and Expectations (6:29)
First Editing Pass (9:45)
Second Editing Pass (5:42)
Third Editing Pass (12:27)

AI as Your Publishing Assistant

Book Analysis - Mastering the Notion Book Analysis Database, Harnessing AI Tools, Advanced Customization, Integrating Autowrite (22:16)
Book Analysis - Advanced Book Analysis Database Techniques, Enhancing AI Fields, Adding AI and Custom Prompts, Advanced Formatting, Filtering, and Sorting (21:30)
Book Analysis - Database Overview, Customizing Views and Filters, Enhancing Chapters with Imagery and Gallery Views (16:22)
Kindletrends 101 with Nat Connors (47:09)
Exploring Niches, K-lytics, and Trends and Predictions in Publishing (67:25)
Business and Production Schedule Planning with AI (23:04)

Marketing

A Note About the Marketing Classes
Author Branding, Book Packaging, Social Media, Reader Psychology, and Market Trends (79:56)
Newsletters (74:20)
Newsletter Marketing - 12 Monthly AI Newsletters (43:23)
TikTok Marketing (56:28)
Writing Your Book Blurb (63:18)
Selling Wide - Foundations (67:25)
Selling Wide - Retailer Demos (104:28)
Selling Wide - Boxsets (40:45)
Selling Wide - Marketing (102:04)
Developing a Marketing Plan for an Upcoming Release (100:56)

AI Images, Audio, and Video

AI Audiobooks - Apple & Google Play (48:30)
Audiobook and Podcasts with TTS in ElevenLabs - Intro (39:06)
Audiobook and Podcasts with TTS in ElevenLabs - Planning Your Content (44:13)
Audiobook and Podcasts with TTS in ElevenLabs - Recording and Production Basics (44:25)
Audiobook and Podcasts with TTS in ElevenLabs - Editing and Post-Production (36:09)
Audiobook and Podcasts with TTS in ElevenLabs - Distribution and Marketing (48:39)
Audiobook and Podcasts with TTS in ElevenLabs - Analyzing Success and Future Development (36:26)
Practical Use Cases For Generative Music in Your Publishing Business (83:49)
Learn How to Use Suno (88:55)
Creating AI Videos - For TikTok Using Midjourney and RunwayML (55:22)
Creating AI Videos - Camera Techniques, Kling AI, and Tips (47:37)
A Note About the AI Art Classes
Make a Book Cover with AI Art - Book Cover Elements, Midjourney Basics, Research Top Selling Book Covers, Creating a Reference Image, and Using Sref in Midjourney (29:41)
Make a Book Cover with AI Art - Navigating Leonardo AI, Prompting in Leonardo (31:36)
Make a Book Cover with AI Art - Typography, Canva and Book Cover Example, Uploading an Image, Paperback Settings, Adding Typography and Elements (24:49)
Book Series Covers with AI Art - Consistency, Genre Cues, Back Cover and Spine, Style Guide (32:01)
Book Series Covers with AI Art - Creating Consistent Characters in Midjourney, Leonardo Methods for Consistent Images Regular and Fine Tune (48:27)
Book Series Covers with AI Art - Typography Overview, Designing the Front and Back Cover, Adding Fonts to Front Cover, Adding Elements and Spine Fonts (47:09)
Ideogram for Authors (65:34)
How to Create Consistent Characters in Midjourney: A Step-by-Step Guide (23:50)

Writing a Series with AI

Series Architecture & Foundation Building (43:33)
Individual Book Development & Character Consistency (32:45)
AI Integration & Advanced Prompting Techniques (29:30)

Fine Tunes

OpenAI - Getting Started with Dino Trainer (45:19)
OpenAI - Overview of Creating a Fine Tune with OpenAI (65:56)
OpenAI - Building Smarter, Cheaper AIs with GPT-4.1 Mini (43:00)
OpenAI - Building Better AIs with Story Dossiers and Reverse Chapter Plans (27:14)
OpenAI - Creating and Organizing Story Dossiers for Fine Tuning Fiction Models (53:39)
OpenAI - Analyzing Your Writing Style for a Better Fine Tune (29:02)

Agents

More in the Mastermind!
N8N Basics and Beyond - Understanding and Working in N8N (69:08)
N8N Basics and Beyond - Workflow Setup, Creating Story Components, and Troubleshooting (76:57)
N8N Basics and Beyond - Building and Utilizing AI Agents, Creating and Editing a Writing Plan (61:20)
N8N Basics and Beyond - Starting to Make Prompts, Introduction to Chapter Splitting, Creating Story Bibles and Marketing (54:29)
N8N Basics and Beyond - Creating the Story So Far, Using Agents for Judgement Calls, Troubleshooting and Adjustments, Q&A Session (60:57)
Writing a Rough Draft with N8N (210:48)
Testing and Comparing Sequences for Different Models (79:43)
Workflows with N8N and Airtable (69:54)
N8N Workflows - What You Need (47:47)

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Homework

Create your components and Chapter 1 with a sequence.

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