@Zane Dowling I completely feel exactly what you’re saying and would never get mad for that argument. I see your trepidation. And that’s how I am too. I don’t use AI to write for me at all. I use it as a sounding board. Sometimes it’ll suggest actual words that I’ll use but I’ll often use their example as a way to fix something in my own words. It’s up to you to decide. AI cannot actually “fix” anything until you make it so. For example, when I first started, it would rewrite the whole section I sent. I prompted it to no longer do that because it didn’t teach me anything. If you have the time to watch me do it, you’ll see that it really works like an editor would. Things like.. 1. You can trim this section by 10% 2. This wording is a little off or unclear, here’s three suggestions. 3. This is capitalized but it should be 4. Etc. So what there wouldn’t a human editor point out? The writing is still mine - but I’m but longer sitting in silence trying to edit, I can edit faster with an immediate sounding board. Just yesterday, worried that l had written “smiled” too many times, I asked “did I overdue Smiled in this chapter?” The answer, “no but you could probably remove this instance if you’re worried about it.” And it was a good suggestion so I took it. Not that I’m trying to sell you on AI but to be honest, it’s the way it’s going. To get an edge on all the writer’s, polish helps. I don’t condone it writing for you though. Helping yes, replacing no. It sucks (trust me I’ve been losing clients coz of the iPhone camera getting better). It’s adapt or die. And then tools like ElevenLabs are great coz I suck at reading aloud so it reads aloud for me in an expressive voice. As I listen, I hear for what works and what doesn’t. Watch this series, you’ll like what you see. And if you want, I mean this, let’s do a live broadcast with any section you feel comfortable sharing and we’ll edit it together using the prompts that I’ve set up in my ChatGPT. I think you’ll like the results.

@Zane Dowling thank you! It’s an interesting and relevant one. With these AIs, it’s good to lay out your goal and how you want it to happen. I said, I want to improve my prose and contrast me like a serious writer as if you’re a professional, season editor. And I think it’s worked but well see when it’s finished hahah

@Zane Dowling thanks for sharing! Fantasy seems to have a lot of subgenres too. Like you can have a very specific genre in that genre too.

@Devyn Price I love the unexpected situations these characters are being thrown into! And great job summarizing both - honestly, you’ve got your pitches down haha