The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde
523. Natalie Saar | Human Stories in an AI Age
In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde speaks with Natalie Saar , a content expert, narrative strategist, author, and creator of The Indie Authors , about storytelling, self-publishing, personal growth, and preserving an authentic human voice in an increasingly AI-driven world. Saar, who has published nine books, argues that AI can be a powerful research and optimization tool while human creativity should remain at the center of the writing itself. What happens to authorship when machines can generate competent prose at scale? Can writers embrace AI without surrendering the voice that makes their work distinctive? And how can the principle of becoming just 1% better help creators overcome perfectionism, self-doubt, and the pressure to constantly achieve? Bidemi and Natalie also explore the changing economics of independent publishing, discoverability in an algorithm-driven marketplace, and why telling more human stories may become even more important as synthetic content proliferates.
