Sorry, it needs to be said: If you post that you wrote 12 full-length novels last year, or that you found a trove of brilliant manuscripts you wrote when you were twelve, or anything similar, I'm gonna assume you're using AI. Could I be wrong? Sure. But, if it beggars belief, maybe don't post it. 🤷 - ThreadSky

ageofuprising.bsky.social • 53 days ago

Sorry, it needs to be said:
If you post that you wrote 12 full-length novels last year, or that you found a trove of brilliant manuscripts you wrote when you were twelve, or anything similar, I'm gonna assume you're using AI.
Could I be wrong? Sure. But, if it beggars belief, maybe don't post it. 🤷

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krovris.bsky.social•53 days ago

The mere existence of AI devalues people’s hard work even if said work isn’t commercially viable. I’ve seen people on AO3 pump out tens of thousands of words, like 40-50k an upload once every couple months. Sure it’s fanfic so the quality is questionable— but some people really do write like that!

cjloveshorror.bsky.social•53 days ago

I use Stephen King and Sanderson as the measuring stick. If you're putting out more than those guys, something seems amiss.

ddsyrdal.bsky.social•53 days ago

There are writers (the ones I've seen claim it are romance writers) who seem to crank them out like that. Are the books crap? No idea, but that is my suspicion. I once commented to someone I'd been working on a novel for a couple years, and her response was "Are you STILL working on that?!?!"

ageofuprising.bsky.social•53 days ago

It's funny. My AI skepticism could be seen as a compliment. Before the technology was around, I'd have simply assumed the books sucked. Now, it's become more about the output seeming outrageous. Goes back to my point, if you think it might raise hackles, just promote. Don't tell me the number. 😆

patrickattaway.bsky.social•53 days ago

It took me nine years to finish my first novel, and I had a friend that loved quoting Family Guy chiding me about it.

wintersleep85.bsky.social•53 days ago

I think everyone is capable of doing something that seems impossible. And it's sad that AI is making people doubt. I've known people who can write so much in one year. I've shocked people at what I can do in a short time. It's really sad that we won't be able to celebrate that these days.

wintersleep85.bsky.social•53 days ago

But AI is to blame for this. I understand why people wouldn't trust wild claims while AI is a problem. It's really sad.

johnwgant.bsky.social•53 days ago

Back of the envelope math. 2K words per day over 365 days is 730K. Minimum size of a novel is 40K. 730K/40K is 18.25. Therefore it is possible to write 12 novels per year. Unlikely, but possible. This analysis does not speak qualitatively. Those 12 would suck major arse. Probably.

patrickattaway.bsky.social•53 days ago

Templates have existed for years well before AI too. Piers Anthony claimed novels practically wrote themselves when he discovered them in the 1990’s.

Most authors pumping out a book a month have a fanbase that doesn’t care about typos or formulas either.

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