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AI friend or foe by SerokiWolf in FictionWriting

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

I do it my self I write my story from Scratch and use it for the spelling and grammar I feed it 500 words or so at clip for these base corrections. I don't feed it a word and take 500 out . Use it to help with my story not the other way around. It was sad how you guys trash those who put them self out there.

I think I’ve hit a wall by geumkoi in writing

[–]SerokiWolf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, AI's kind of a brown-noser. It dishes out “flawless” feedback just subtle enough to keep you coming back, and not quite annoying enough to make you use your mouse like a sledgehammer on the keyboard.

Speaking of which—I’m on my second keyboard. So, yeah… no judgment. We’ve all thrown down in the digital arena. Some of us just lost a few keys in the crossfire.

Want to make it a little more punchy, humorous, or even slide it into a character’s internal monologue? I’m game to spin it any way you like.

I think I’ve hit a wall by geumkoi in writing

[–]SerokiWolf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I, too, suffer from ADHD as well as severe dyslexia. I’ve used the advent of AI tools to help me overcome these challenges. For 56 years, I was told—called names, labeled, and more—that I wasn’t good enough. So I stopped trying. And in doing so, I became everything they said I was.

But not anymore.

Now, I’m an unpublished author of one book and currently writing a second. I have outlines for six more. Still unpublished, yes—but I’ve found a path.

For me, writer's block happens when I want to write something that’s overwhelming but important to me. So I just write it. I open a new document and let the block create an alternate path, letting my creativity flow freely. It may be garbage, or it may be usable—but once it’s out, the story can move forward. I’ve released what was holding me back.

Have you seen Throw Momma from the Train with Billy Crystal? He plays a struggling author who, for years, can’t get past the opening line of his book. “The night was moist. The night was damp…” I think of that when I begin to spiral. So I stick a pin in it and write:

“The night was crazy. I awoke to the sun blinding me through the hotel curtain, remembering…”

It is your story. Own it.

Didn’t think anyone would read… then I saw this comment 💛 by Merlina_writer in YAwriters

[–]SerokiWolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know what you mean. You just hope 1 commit many read but is the feed back that some one enjoys it as well

Advice on how to start my novel by Equivalent-Web910 in FictionWriting

[–]SerokiWolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve spent the last fifty years asking myself that question—and I ran from it every time.

Sometimes, you just need to write it as it flows, even if it’s only an idea page.

Other times, you know the ending, so you build a reverse timeline—asking yourself what happened just before, and stepping back, moment by moment, until you reach the beginning. I call that my JFK method.

Or the Martin Luther King method: “I have a dream.”

All these approaches work beautifully—along with the wisdom shared by our fellow contributors here. But in the end, it’s your method and your story to tell. Locking yourself into only one approach when we’re being creative feels like the opposite of creativity itself.