by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
So. I finally — I think — have settled on, at last, a new novel idea. It deals with some pretty big themes in AI. One amusing things is one of the characters is inspired by Emily Ratajkowski.
Emrata
Now, this is amusing on a number of different levels because since I consider “Emrata,” as she calls herself, the best looking public woman in the world, and so there is a level of wish fulfillment going on. Even more amusing, Emrata is best buds with Lena Dunham, who I have a distinct distaste for.
Anyway, the point is, because I’m a dreamer, I find myself musing on the novel not only being sold (an iffy proposition) but maybe one day being successful enough that it might adapted into a movie. Just the idea that Emrata might “play herself” (in essence) in any movie adaptation of the novel definitely puts a spring in my step.
But I’m also very well aware that all of that is something of a phantasm — it’s just not going to happen (all things considered.)
And, yet, it’s always nice to have hope. And as such, I find this very unlikely possibility amusing enough that it helps keeps me going to actually finish the novel.
It’s take me some effort to figure out how exactly to use AI in development of the novel and I think I’ve figured it out — I’m just not going to use AI at all for the second draft of the novel.
This works well because I can zip through the first draft and then hunker down and write the second draft a lot more slowly to make sure it doesn’t seem, well, robotic like.
So, in a sense, I think this just means I’m an “AI first” writer, while still not, like having AI write the entire thing.
For now, Emrata doesn’t need to call her agent or anything, but…maybe? Down the road?
