Dina Lovinsky -Write Like A Human

<p>Dina Lovinsky is a Russian-born, SF-based writer. She is also the ghostwriter of the recent NYT and WSJ bestseller Tony Fadell’s <em>&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Build-Unorthodox-Guide-Making-Things/dp/0063046067" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making.</a></p><p>This is a fun episode.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p><em>We discuss&nbsp;</em></p><ul><li>Dina discusses being born in St Petersburg, Russia before moving to the US and growing up in Boston.</li><li>Being conditioned by her parents with a sense of invincibility.&nbsp;</li><li>She discusses her parent's experience of being Refusniks in Soviet-period Russia.</li><li>Her father's experience working for the Mafia.</li><li>She describes her Star Trek life lesson and developing her superpower to never blame others for how she feels.</li><li>We discuss how two scientists produced a child with a talent for the arts and English.&nbsp;</li><li>Dina explains how she developed her love of reading and developing her curiosity.</li><li>She discusses her school life and not working hard.&nbsp;</li><li>Dina explains how her path led her to San Francisco to a job in publishing before moving into product management in tech startups.&nbsp;</li><li>She explains how her focus shifted to writing all content for the companies she worked.&nbsp;</li><li>We discussed how she developed her copywriting skills.</li><li>Dina explains her approach to writing, her disorganization, and procrastination.</li><li>Dina describes her work with Tony Fadell and how she came to ghost-write his book Build,&nbsp;</li><li>She explains how she and Tony arrived at the structure and wrote the book during the pandemic.</li><li>Dina describes how people can use the book as a mentor in a box.&nbsp;</li><li>We discuss the emergence of AI and the impact and threat to writers&nbsp;</li><li>Dina describes her hopes for the next ten years</li><li>She answers the quick-fire questions</li></ul><p><strong><em>Social Links&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></strong></p