299: Spot Your Habits and Build Your Skills — Interview with ProWritingAid Founder Chris Banks

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hey there word nerds! Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Chris Banks!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chris Banks is the CEO and Founder of ProWritingAid. In his varied career, he has built neural networks to model language learning, worked on the BBC’s scriptwriting product, written books, been a ski guide, and given talks on creativity, artificial intelligence, and language technologies.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He started ProWritingAid to help with his own writing, but he soon saw how useful it was for everyone else. Now, he wants to help more people put their ideas into words and those words into the hands (and hearts) of readers.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode Chris and I discuss:</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How a broken ankle led to the creation of the ProWritingAid Software</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How ProWritingAid can help improve your writing </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Approaching writing like building a building</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Taking your writing from good to great</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How a thesaurus can be a powerful writing tool</span></li> </ul> <h4><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plus, his  #1 tip for writers.</span></em></h4> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more info and show notes: <a href="https://diymfa.com/podcast/episode-299-chris-banks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.diymfa.com/299</a></span></p>