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Behind the Algorithm

A recording from John Ward's live video

During this livestream I was joined by

and Substack’s . Ben was kind enough to give us a peek behind the curtain and to explain many of the decisions behind how the algorithm works. This was a fascinating conversation that offers some great insight into the nuts and bolts of how things show up in your feed. I came away from this understanding things a little more and I bet you will too.

During the livestream, Anthony asked about strategies for serializing fiction.

has written two guides that may be helpful for these questions. The first one is here and contains good, general advice for writing on Substack:

Write More with Simon K Jones
Quickstart guide for Substack fiction writers
Updated October 2024…
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The second guide is more tailored to the process of actual serialization and that is located here:

Write More with Simon K Jones
How to write serialised fiction
This is a 22 chapter rough guide, taking you from understanding the core form of serial storytelling, through plotting and themes, character creation, plot twists and much more, all the way through to hitting the ‘publish’ button. There’s even a chapter all about how to cope when people say nasty things about your writing…
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