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    Mad Swede replied to the thread Inspiration struck....
    Bear in mind here that I'm using specialised dyslexia support software to correct my spelling and grammar. That means the software is...
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    Mad Swede replied to the thread Inspiration struck....
    At this point I should probably admit that it's going to take me three or four days to correct the spelling and grammar. My dyslexia...
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    Mad Swede replied to the thread Inspiration struck....
    Yes, it was 85000 words in one night, for a completely new story. There's a few things to add which will add another 15000 words or so...
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    Mad Swede replied to the thread Inspiration struck....
    And for those wondering how it went. I now have an almost complete novel (85000 words), all that's needed is a few connecting scenes and...
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    ...and now I've thought the story through. All the way. Here comes an all-nighter. ✍️ 🌙 See you in the morning, or whatever time of day...
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    Mad Swede replied to the thread Just had a realisation....
    Write the whole story, then come back to the first few chapters. You may find that re-arranging the order in which some things happen or...
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    If I were you I'd read a few fantasy books which don't have magic or monsters in them. Here are a few examples: The Lies of Locke...
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    Mad Swede reacted to A. E. Lowan's post in the thread Writing styles! with Like Like.
    We call it the What-If Game. I haven't met a writer who doesn't play it in some capacity. Those capacities can vary wildly, but we all...
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    You aren't writing. It's a delusional state.
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    What some (many?) call AI is in fact what is known as a Large Language Model (LLM). LLMs basically work by using conditional probability...
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    Writing this as someone who peer reviews academic papers I can tell you that we will scrutinise in detail any paper where we know or...
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    Mad Swede replied to the thread First or third person?.
    OK JLiana, now that Malik has gone into the POV details better than I can I'm going to give you a suggestion. Rewrite your story in...
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    Mad Swede replied to the thread History and AI.
    I wonder if you understand. The LLM can identify data which in some way differs from other data in the data set. But this is ONLY done...
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    Mad Swede replied to the thread Most recent books you bought..
    I didn't read Elf Quest, but I did follow SnarfQuest...
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    Mad Swede replied to the thread History and AI.
    It's that shrug which is so dangerous. People assume something without knowing how the answers are produced or what the answers are...
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