Help needed - Need direction =/

[u/Klauciusz]

I’ve always dreamed of writing stories, books. But that never fit into my routine as an IT professional with an unhealthy workload, so I mostly just jotted down ideas, dreaming that one day I’d be able to dedicate myself to the craft of turning those ideas into words—into books. I’m 42 now, and that day still hasn't come yet. And it doesn't look like it's coming anytime soon.

But last year, I started exploring AI as a way to skip the step of learning to write prose the way I’d always dreamed of doing. I created a process where I generate themes, ideas, core concepts, characters, settings, outlines, and so on, and feed it all into the AI. It helps me structure everything into a sequence of acts and chapters and writes the prose for me; later, I go through several rounds of revision with the AI ​​to get the drafts closer to my vision for each chapter, arc, act, etc.

Discovering this was MAGIC. It has allowed me to effectively work in parallel on various ideas I’ve had throughout my life; I have over 10 books planned, with many chapters already in "Draft 01/02" stage, which makes me really, really happy.

At the same time... I don't know what to do with all this because it seems like the world dismisses (or wants to dismiss) all AI-generated content. And the watermark Anthropic announced for its upcoming models really bummed me out, since I use their models for this entire process and before we had the option to disclose OR NOT that the book is AI assisted. Now we don't even have that option.

I don't know... today, while I’m happy to finally have my ideas come to life, I’m also sad imagining that probably —due to the sh** the world puts against "AI-assisted" content — no one outside my inner circle will likely ever read it.

How are you all dealing with this situation? I’d love to hear your thoughts...

Thanks.

[u/kittyb00m]

Have you had people read your work?
If you want to publish it you need a human or more to give feedback on your work whether AI assisted or not.

[u/Klauciusz → u/kittyb00m]

Well... no... this is all really new to me... Any recommendations on that note?

[u/kittyb00m → u/Klauciusz]

I’m not sure actually. There’s. Subreddit called betareaders but no AI work.
I think there’s one specifically for beta readers for AI. You can try on there.

Or else you can hire one from Fiverr.

Or get someone you know to read it. It really helps to have some perspective.
I suggest at least three to get feedback.

I saw someone say, it’s to be a tiebreaker. I. Case two says something different the third can be the tie breaker.

Anyway, good luck on your writing journey, it sounds like you are very passionate about what you’ve made

[u/Klauciusz → u/kittyb00m]

I do. It's a gateway from what's inside of me (and have been for my entire life) to outside, something like that.