by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I have been using AI to craft an outline for the second draft of this scifi dramedy I’ve been working on. I’ve vowed to myself not to use AI to do anything beyond this for the second draft.

After I have a solid second draft outline, everything is going to be just me.
I think I may read and watch other people’s stuff some more before I sit down and actually write out extended scene summaries. I also want to study structural stuff a little bit more as well.
But, in general, I think I may have stumbled across a vision for the second draft. The only issue is that the novel kind of turns into a techno-thriller in the second half, which is not at all what my original vision was.
And, yet, I get it. I understand why the AIs I’ve been working with went in that direction. It makes sense in the context of the directives I gave it. Now, I just need to brood and hope my lingering teeth issues don’t grow so dire that I’m too distracted to do anything until it gets fixed.
Ugh.