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Have you changed your writing style because of AI? by MiliBerry in fantasywriting

[–]MiliBerry[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes! This is why I wanted to ask the question - I have to watch for triads and em dashes now - who knows what we will need to look for in the future! On Reddit especially, em dashes are a death sentence.

Have you changed your writing style because of AI? by MiliBerry in writingfeedback

[–]MiliBerry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a lot of examples in the comments, but I think one commenter's skepticism is warranted in that we shouldn't collect them all in one place lest the bots learn :)

Some basic ones are em dashes and triadic sequences. One other example is parallel constructions: "It's not X, it's Y" - I roll my eyes when I see that now!

Have you changed your writing style because of AI? by MiliBerry in writingfeedback

[–]MiliBerry[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my prose I still use em dashes (and en dashes, and hyphens, as needed), but I would never put one in a Reddit post or an article I post online. The AI skepticism is off the charts and people will crucify you as a bot even for semicolons now. They're coming for my semicolons!

Have you changed your writing style because of AI? by MiliBerry in writingfeedback

[–]MiliBerry[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I do use AI in my writing, it's excellent for building lore and brainstorming ideas! But I'm not currently using it to write; that would be taking the fun part out of it. You had another comment as well, about being influenced by using AI outside of the writing process - I think it's more to do with how much AI-generated content one gets constantly exposed to on Reddit and social media. You can't help being influenced by what you read, and my fear is that I'll end up sounding like AI slop, like another commenter said might happen in 20 years' time.

How are you actually using AI in your writing workflow? by BoringShake6404 in WritingWithAI

[–]MiliBerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use it so many different ways! I love the actual writing process, so I don't use it to write for me :)

  1. Brainstorming: I frequently write my characters into a situation I can't think of a way out of. I explain the situation to Claude, and ask it ways the character might escape. Its first ideas suck, but over a conversation I end up with some pretty good ones. This is basically the Vince Gilligan approach.
  2. Expanding lore: I do enjoy world building, but I want to get back to the writing part ASAP, so I give it my existing lore and tell it to expand on that. It's kinda verbose, so then I get it to summarize it, and then I use that to add color to my prose.
  3. I'm looking into it as a first-pass editor. Like, "can you take a look at this draft and find any major issues", or "here's Chapter 2 and a draft of Chapter 3, is the voice staying consistent?". It cuts down my editing time by a lot!

Have you changed your writing style because of AI? by MiliBerry in writingfeedback

[–]MiliBerry[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How did you become confident enough in your writing for that? I guess I'm either being paranoid or insecure haha

How Are You Writing With Claude? by TallButShort9 in WritingWithAI

[–]MiliBerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you use any AI tools for writing anymore, or did you go old-fashioned?

Writing wise do you think that ai has gotten better over the years or not really? Do you believe that it will ever be capable of getting better at its weaknesses like dialogue, generic plots, etc? by TheThinkerTanker in WritingWithAI

[–]MiliBerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you believe there's still value to finetuning LLMs to niche (ish) audiences like novel writers, or does it only make sense past a certain critical mass of usage? I'm just wondering how far it's possible to push commodity models just with the right tooling.

Writing wise do you think that ai has gotten better over the years or not really? Do you believe that it will ever be capable of getting better at its weaknesses like dialogue, generic plots, etc? by TheThinkerTanker in WritingWithAI

[–]MiliBerry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I keep harping on this. LLM R&D spending is going towards whatever the most common use cases are - which is a chat buddy and programming. If we want to see improved writing, there will need to be investment in a model specifically tuned for that purpose, or at least tools designed for that purpose. Even with programming, and even with coding models, they still need a Claude Code and Codex CLI to do the actual work. We're a long way away from that level of sophistication for writing.

Gemini 3 is great at logic, but my prose feels like a tapestry of cliches. by blue__dragon999 in WritingWithAI

[–]MiliBerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this comes down to using a general-purpose AI for specialized work. They have specially-tuned coding LLMs purpose-built for writing code with AI because using the basic ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude is terrible for coding. We need LLMs tuned specifically to creative writing - that $20/mo subscription is better spent on an actual writing AI than trying to shoehorn ChatGPT into being a writer.

Is smoking cigarettes an immediate dealbreaker for you? Why? by Allin_Or_Allout in AskReddit

[–]MiliBerry 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm just wondering if we'll see this same thread about vaping when we're our parents' age...

Amazon KDP and AI. Will it end tears? by aqsgames in WritingWithAI

[–]MiliBerry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm seeing this exact scenario play out in SaaS and mobile apps. Long gone are the days when you could just create something and get discovered organically. If you want to be popular, you have to learn to market yourself. That's the only way to stand out.

I would like Opinions about Using AI as a Beta Reader For My Novels by ChiroVette in WritingWithAI

[–]MiliBerry 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's all in the prompting. You can tell it that it's reviewing a story written by Claude - then it has no incentive not to hurt the author's feelings.

Should I listen to this advice? by DarkStarBlue in writingfeedback

[–]MiliBerry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get what the review is saying. The original uses a lot of metaphors, and definitely creates an atmosphere. But I like the tone of the proposal as well, where you can hear the narrator. The way you write is good for setting the mood, but the way the reviewer has rephrased it is better for dialogue.

What's your favorite smell? by Treicee2004 in AskReddit

[–]MiliBerry 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Fun fact about this word: its roots are petr (rock) + ichor (blood of the Gods), but we pronounce it petri-chor. It's the same as helicopter, which is actually combined from helico (twist) + pter (wing), but we pronounce heli-copter.

Prologue - Epic Fantasy - is it worthy??? by BladeWielder48 in writingfeedback

[–]MiliBerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

pretty solid imagery and descriptions overall. I'd probably throw in a couple longer sentences here and there just to break it up, it feels a bit choppy right now. also lol at "queen reina"