@YouCanCallMeCorn
If you're using AI to make your book covers or your profile picture, it's only fair to assume that you're also using AI for your stories.
@YouCanCallMeCorn Don't let then silence you. Gen AI *steals* from real artists. So to anyone who says "I'm only using it to visualise my characters" shame on you. Shame on you all for destroying our Earth, for stealing from real artists
Somebody made a book cover for my story but I can't tell if it's AI or not. It looks too good. The fingers used to be AI's weakness and now it isn't. So idk...
@katiegoesmew Would it be okay if I uploaded the image just to show you, and then deleted it afterward?
@YouCanCallMeCorn I can't tell AI-generated graphics unless there's something like an obvious anatomic abnormality. You could ask the designer.
So, people actually think that authors who use em dash in their books (—) are using AI. Wow, that's sad. You guys are sad
@YouCanCallMeCorn AI uses em dashes a LOT, though. Like, a lot. Sometimes one or more per paragraph. And they're often not used appropriately. So, if you don't overuse them, and if you use them in grammatically correct situations, you should be fine.
I knew I wasn't hallucinating. The app is broken again.
On the website version, I'm following users but on the app, I am not. This isn't happening only to me. I've seen posts complaining about the same thing.
Hope Wattpad will fix this soon or else it's gonna create distrust among the users.
I have completely stopped using Grammarly and other online editing tools. Despite adding my characters' names to the dictionary, the program continues to "correct" them. Out of curiosity, I changed their names to more Western-sounding ones, and suddenly, Grammarly stopped flagging them with red lines. It’s 2025, and it’s frustrating to see that Grammarly still struggles with non-Western names.
Additionally, the constant push for the premium version and the incessant suggestions to revise my sentences have become quite annoying.
As a result, I’ve decided to forgo all editing tools. If my writing contains typos, that’s the reason. I’ll be manually editing everything from now on.
@katiegoesmew I guess it’s time to dig out my old grammar books. The bright side of this is that I’m getting pushed to rely on my own knowledge and skills again, just like back in the day
@YouCanCallMeCorn That is disappointing. Autocorrect in general is annoying, but especially since you added all the names into the program...ugh. And, yeah, it seems like everything and everybody is pushing for premium this and AI assisted that. I've tried to find a way to turn at least the AI suggestions off of Microsoft Word and Google Docs, but there isn't a way to do that. I actually found a Google Help thread where someone complained about the AI suggestions and asked for a way to turn it off, and Google locked the thread without replying. :S
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I recently attended an online writer's forum where most of the members were Gen Z, like me. During the discussion, some of them asked how I managed to create a mature story that included themes of pedophilia, child abuse, and rape without going into graphic detail. Thankfully, we were allowed to talk off-camera, as I struggle to control my facial expressions in uncomfortable situations.
I found their question perplexing because, honestly, I didn’t approach those themes in a detailed manner. I believe that the seriousness of such topics speaks for themselves, and I felt that graphic descriptions could easily veer into fetishisation. I handled these themes with the utmost respect and sensitivity. It left me wondering: do these writers really equate maturity with explicit depictions of violence and trauma? That is quite disturbing to me.
@YouCanCallMeCorn I have no idea. Toxic relationships, particularly weak men being dominated by abusive men, have no appeal to me, and I don't understand why some other people (usually women) like to read about that stuff. :S
@katiegoesmew "Smut" and it's rape. What's so desirable about a character, who is mostly a woman, being disrespected like that? I'll never know
@YouCanCallMeCorn Unfortunately, a lot of people equate "mature" with explicit now. If you ever see a "Mature" category in an indie award here on Wattpad, that basically means "smut." I think people don't realize they can write mature content without going into detail, and maybe that's because doing so requires a certain finesse that new writers may not have yet, so they go the explicit route. And also, explicit content has greater shock value for cheap thrills. There's an artform to writing non-explicit mature content for sure.
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As an experiment, I asked AI to revise a paragraph from my writing. I was curious to see what enhancements other writers might achieve by using AI.
My paragraph:
One would have immediately thought that he at least had a deep, intimidating voice. What he has, though, is of a boy who has yet to stop drinking his mother's milk.
AI's:
One might expect him to possess a deep, commanding voice, but instead, he speaks with the high-pitched timbre of a boy who has yet to outgrow his mother's embrace.
Perhaps the AI has better flow and grammar. But it has erased my tone. My voice as a writer. It removed my humour.
So again, I don't understand why use AI to write your book. It's boring
@mindofmals Thank you. I got curious because a reader confessed that they had used AI to know the ending :D
@SeraDrake Can’t they see that they all start to sound the same? Whatever happened to the beauty of a unique voice? They’re so afraid of making mistakes and learning from them that they’re missing the chance to truly grow and improve
@YouCanCallMeCorn your paragraph is way better than the AI one, the AI one sounds so robotic
I don't understand how I'm already familiar with my writing style, can recognize my weaknesses, and know how to strengthen my prose, and yet I still can't figure out how to improve my first chapter. Is this just a normal writer struggle, or is my brain being lazy?
@YouCanCallMeCorn I put a note in my files to reread it when I get back around to your story
@katiegoesmew Took me long but I've finally revised it. But I know it still could be better. I just don't know how. I did what I could