by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I gave the first chapter of a proposed second draft of the scifi dramedy novel I’m working on to some people and so far, so good. And, yet, I do find myself a bit unnerved about the idea that people will say any improvement in my writing is solely because of AI.
This is a bit unfair because I see how I use AI to work on this novel the same way I see a spell checker. I’m a horrible speller and it’s only because of the advancements in spell check technology that I have ever managed to get any sort of writing gig in the past.
So, lulz?
But everyone and everything is horrible, so I’m sure if I manage to sell this novel there will be people who will just roll their eyes and say, “AI wrote it.”
This is definitely NOT true. I have written this novel, done a lot of hard work. But I will admit that I have used it to improve my writing on a structural basis. I have done as much as I can to keep it my own writing on a tactical basis.
And that doesn’t even begin to address that I’m going to go through one last time once I finish this draft and make sure there are no signs at all of me using AI as a crutch.
I really want this novel to live or die on my own native writing ability. Only time will tell on that front, I guess.
