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The Dark One replied to the thread the use of AI to sculpt your writing.You're muddying the water Skip. We're not debating whether AI has positive applications or whether it's all-pervading and here to stay... -
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OK, wearing my hat as a retired military police officer. Yes, those companies who have created those AI-tools in the form of Large... -
The Dark One replied to the thread the use of AI to sculpt your writing.All of which is to trot out the old argument that there's nothing wrong with guns, it's the maniacs that misuse them which is the...
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The Dark One replied to the thread the use of AI to sculpt your writing.And let's not forget that using AI is actually stealing from real authors whose works are being scraped for machine inspiration.
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Not really. The creativity we authors put in to our stories starts with the outline. That's where we set out the story arcs, the plot...
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The Dark One replied to the thread the use of AI to sculpt your writing.I used to have this fantasy (before I'd ever finished a ms) that I could just snap my fingers and a hard copy of my book would suddenly...
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The Dark One replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.Yes that's exactly what I do.
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The Dark One replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.I have numerous times sprayed wine or coffee over my keyboard when reading something amusing.
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The Dark One replied to the thread "If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?.I do that to my wife all the time when I want to leave. It goes without saying that she either ignores or whacks me.
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The Dark One replied to the thread Purple Prose and playing with words.Purple prose doesn't have to be bad prose. Done well, in the right context, it can be fun and even quite literary but it requires the...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Technology and Eras in Fantasy.For me the key defining characteristic of fantasy is that the supernatural is possible. That can happen in any setting - which is why...
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The Dark One replied to the thread I feel like I can come up with everything except a plot..Exactly. People in stories make choices that (most) people IRL wouldn't dare.
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The Dark One reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett... with Like.
Some of you have felt that Pratchett was generalising too much in that quote. I suggest that perhaps he was guilty of oversimplifying...
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The Dark One replied to the thread Embarassing situations.As a person who's had a few books published I get asked for advice all the time - which I'm happy to give - but I always draw the line...
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The Dark One replied to the thread A quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett....Way too much of a vague generalisation for me. Where's his evidence? I would have thought that we novelists (presumably with...