Morbido:
Dear Community,
I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the diverse opinions and engaging discussions regarding the use of AI in crafting stories.
Utilizing AI has proven to be immensely helpful, especially as a non-native English writer (I'm Italian). This tool aids in refining my work, making the creative process more accessible. I eagerly await your feedback to understand if my stories hold value for you. While they may seem satisfactory to me in isolation, your opinions are invaluable in shaping the worth of my creations within our community.
I am committed to using the tool in a progressively more refined manner, seeking to balance its assistance with my personal touch and fantasy. However, the true measure of success lies in your collective feedback. I understand that personal opinions vary, and I'm patient as I await your thoughts, recognizing that it takes time to form a consensus.
Behind each story lies hours of dedicated work from my perspective. I invested time during my Christmas holidays to bring these stories to fruition.
I hope you enjoy the experience here, and if these stories don't align with your preferences, I completely understand. The intention behind this endeavor was to breathe life into the fantasies of those who struggle to express them in written form, creating a space for shared imagination, including my own, which I find challenging to articulate due to the language barrier.
If you have the time and inclination, I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to explore the stories. Your valuable feedback could make a significant difference in enhancing the overall experience.
Warm regards,
Morbido
Letters And Numbers:
I guess my advice, and take it or leave it, would be that instead of making and posting 10 (some of them lengthy) stories in a few weeks and flooding the New Stories section, pace yourself. Pick one and work on it, maybe with an English speaking editor or beta reader. The syntax and writing conventions are all over the place in your stories, which I expect from bot-written stuff, but it makes them feel rushed and confusing. One of the hallmarks of AI writing is that it repeats and summarizes itself a lot. This can be fixed by editing, but that takes time. Pick one and try to perfect it instead of rushing to generate new content. Not to mention that another author trying to get some eyes on their writing has to compete with 10 of your stories clogging things up. That’s just my take.
Besides that, though, I’d love to know what software you use so I can look at it!
All you say here is you are saying this just so much better than I could express it myself. I’m interested in real human beings writing real stories. I’m unimpressed, and frankly not interested, in someone who can churn out so many stories in a day or two. It’s aggravating just to wade through them for better stuff.
I’ve looked at AI a bit (character.ai). I don’t think it is of use to me. It feels mechanical to use it, and what you get is dull and repetitive. There is some skill in writing prompts that produce much of anything. But it’s not something I enjoy. I’d much rather use my own intelligence and creativity. Writing is a human endeavor and a way for one human brain to connect with other human brains.
To me, crafting characters and placing them in unique situations, writing and rewriting and editing are so much more joyful than interacting with some software that gives me nothing interesting.
That’s just my take. I do see there might be a lot of value in this if English weren’t my native language. In that case, AI becomes a translator and a tool for learning more about new words and phrases, much like a dictionary or thesaurus in days of old. I still use online thesauruses and dictionaries to help remind me of words or explain new usages. I’m a word person and words give me joy.
For example, in writing weight gain fiction, I love the word “luscious”. The sound and feel of it is rich. Knowing that it’s derived from the word “delicious” further enriches my own pleasure at writing.
Sorry. Off topic.
Anyway, I think that my interest in connecting with real human beings here through their writings is what drives me as a reader. I like and comment fairly generously. I like encouraging new authors. I want to know there’s a human behind the words. For these reasons, I rarely read any of the stories by Morbido or other AI authors here.
Morbido, please listen to her advice above. Work on perfecting one story at a time. I haven’t opened a single one of your stories because having so many appear at once makes me question their quality. There are plenty of great writers here who can help you. Be confident in your own creativity and skills. Ask for help through these forums. Read others’ stories a lot.
Quality over quantity. It’s a take on the old erotica writer’s number one rule: “Less is more.”
