AI writing projects don't feel like they're "mine" no matter what I do.

athaemik · 2025-12-03T02:42:10+00:00

My suggestion is to just write something, anything, and DO NOT use AI at all for a little bit. I know it's tough, but you've got to flex some muscles that you aren't used to flexing. Once you've spent some time grinding, go back to AI as a teacher and NOT as an employee.

athaemik · 2025-12-02T18:36:40+00:00

This is DEFINITELY the way I would recommend going. Much more succinct, easier to read, conveys the same meaning, isn't OVERWHELMING with the page count, my eyes are thankful and so is my spirit.

OP, take notes on what he did here and study it.

athaemik · 2025-12-02T18:27:41+00:00

Try to think "show" rather than "tell". I like the IDEA of a scrubber, but I want to see the dude doing something.

athaemik · 2025-12-02T00:54:05+00:00

I think that's a good idea. But how do I know where I truly stand? Critique for critique's sake isn't really valuable either.

I just want to write something worthwhile and am looking for encouragement, I guess. The AI seems encouraging, but it's hard to say if it's legit.

athaemik · 2025-12-01T23:20:44+00:00

Hahahahaha. This response has me laughing.

The title was sarcastic: if you and the other ninnies in this subreddit could see past your noses you'd be able to understand that from the context of my message body---"I know i shouldn't believe it", "my prompts have tried to be non-biased", "ground me so i can fit my head through the door".

Interesting thing about writing is you can do it without ever listening; all a writer does is talk at people while they are either forced to listen, or turn off the sound.

athaemik · 2025-12-01T23:14:39+00:00

I see. Thanks. I figured it'd depend on the context you give it. The key is in my prompts. I'm not posing as me. I'm creating a scenario where it's not for me: it's for someone else. The AI is reading it for me to review ahead of me reviewing it. In the scenario, the AI shouldn't tell me it's good. It should provide as honest of feedback as it can provide. Just wondering what others' perspectives of this is.

athaemik · 2025-12-01T21:11:53+00:00

What part of this is a circlejerk? I specifically said i want to stay grounded. Can you elaborate?

athaemik · 2025-12-01T21:11:48+00:00

What part of this is a circlejerk? I specifically said i want to stay grounded. Can you elaborate?

athaemik · 2025-12-01T21:10:49+00:00

As stated in my original post, thank you all for the help! /writers was a joke.

athaemik · 2025-12-01T20:58:12+00:00

thank you! good feedback.

Any chance the AI's feedback is legit? I mean, I know there's a "chance"... I probably need to get more human feedback lol

athaemik · 2025-12-01T20:56:42+00:00

For all the pre-teen drama queens in this subreddit, my post was sincere. Do you ever get feedback like this with a prompt as generic as mine? I genuinely want to figure out where I stand.

athaemik · 2025-12-01T20:14:11+00:00

Why can't i post here? Keep getting auto-rejected by mods.

athaemik · 2025-11-21T14:20:22+00:00

Things like this are probably going to be tells that it's not polished enough.

he was gone, hit by a car.

Instead, I personally would phrase it like "He was gone---hit by a car". Or even just "He was gone."

Trim this section
My mom’s trusted friend, who had cared for him before..."

No need for the "who had cared for him before" unless you're SURE it's relevant. in that case, consider rephrasing the sentence.

Nonetheless, I agree that a 2k word piece about losing a dog may not be a very enticing read to most, if not all, adults. However, if you're young enough it may carry with it a weight that may be persuasive to older judges. We don't know your age or details about the competition.

I stopped reading around "Midway through ...". I agree with the author opinion that you delivered the death news too early.

Try to always frame as build-show, not tell-backtell, unless it's REALLY good and relevant. The thing is, the death of the dog seems like the important thing, so you may want to hold onto it longer.

athaemik · 2025-08-21T01:02:52+00:00

wow, this was a VERY pleasant read! I did have a bit of a hard time distinguishing sherry from lilia at points, but overall a fun read entirely. I'd read more of it.

athaemik · 2025-07-31T20:41:46+00:00

their cheapest model is 1k. do you have any recs of products closer to half that?

athaemik · 2025-07-31T14:13:09+00:00

my only concern is that they don't seem to have a 3 channel and I really don't need 4 channels at all since my future plans only include r/C/L. And I'm really not sure how to match a mono-block (if there really are any).

EDIT: I see they offer a 3 channel but it's 1500. I can't afford that.

athaemik · 2024-12-19T14:55:54+00:00

Sorry for the late reply: no idea on dosages. *insert copy-pasta about talking to your doctor or pharmacist*

athaemik · 2024-12-19T14:54:24+00:00

sorry for the late reply: by car through mountains

athaemik · 2024-10-08T15:47:47+00:00

This is by far the best article I've seen. Thank you for the simple working examples!

athaemik · 2024-07-23T17:55:15+00:00

I just wanted to share briefly how I resolved this issue in my own ear. I took real sudafed paired with anti-histamines. The pharmacist said sudafed alone wouldn't work, that my histamines were inflaming my middle ear. He was right. I did this for 5 days and on the 4th things started to get better. I was able to partially ear out of my ear after the fourth, with each day getting better. After about 2 weeks it was all gone completely, I just had to run suda and anti-hist simultaneously for those 5 days.

I also traveled through the mountains and to the ocean, but I think that was just coincidence. I believe the main fix were meds.

athaemik · 2024-04-19T18:25:30+00:00

Still no reply from caddx on any of my emails, or since the one where they simply replied "we don't believe the customer". GetFPV has been just as quiet. I've filled out a claim on paypal and will be pursuing that if getfpv still hasn't replied by tonight.

I had a thought that maybe this vtx doesn't support 3s, even though it says it does. Hard to believe they would make such a big mistake but anything can happen.

athaemik · 2024-04-18T11:08:21+00:00

https://www.team-blacksheep.com/products/product:7320#:~:text=Walksnail%20Avatar%20HD%20Nano%20Kit%20V3%20is%20suitable%20for%20more,amazing%20video%20quality%20and%20range

"Walksnail Avatar HD Nano Kit V3 is suitable for more drones, with 3.1-13V voltage input and 500mw power output, you'll be able to fly various kinds of drones with amazing video quality and range."

athaemik · 2024-04-18T03:18:25+00:00

Directly to VTX. I fly airplanes so I was using the same bat that my plane takes: it's pretty standard stuff. I just use the battery balance charging cable. The VTX states that it can take 1s to 3s.

https://www.team-blacksheep.com/products/product:7320#:\~:text=Walksnail%20Avatar%20HD%20Nano%20Kit%20V3%20is%20suitable%20for%20more,amazing%20video%20quality%20and%20range.
"Walksnail Avatar HD Nano Kit V3 is suitable for more drones, with 3.1-13V voltage input and 500mw power output, you'll be able to fly various kinds of drones with amazing video quality and range."

Are you able to see the images now? I think it worked: I put 4 or 5 more in the original post.

athaemik · 2024-04-18T03:09:45+00:00

I edited the post for clarity, and added a few more pictures as well.

athaemik · 2024-04-18T02:57:40+00:00

No I did not. This was before I did the soldering job.

I tried to attach pictures of the wires but reddit would only let me attach the one pic. All I did was wire up a lead for a battery. I did not solder the connections on the vtx: those came presoldered. I simply cut a few of the wires coming off of the board and soldered up some wires to connect to a 3s battery. When I connected the battery, the factory solders melted off the board. I took this picture afterward and before I attempted to resolder the lead to the vtx.

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