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[seaglasswrites]

I see a lot of people advocate for the use of AI/AMs in writing as a tool for when writers are stuck; The main selling point for these people seems to be that, when facing writers’ block, a writer can just plug their story into one of these tools and get “help”.

It’s a similar idea to a lot of writing posts I’ve seen on here, complaining about the “in-between” - “I’ve got this wonderful beginning and this heart-wrenching ending, but no idea what to put in the middle! Writing sucks!”

These people don’t seem to realize, though, that without the author figuring that out for themselves, there is no story.

Sure, you can have a basic idea for a plot; Let’s use 1984 as an example: A man lives in a hyper-surveillance society under an authoritarian dictatorship, and rebels against it by joining a secret society that turns out to have been the government all along.

That’s a great plot idea - and it’s sure to do great with both publishers and readers alike! But it’s not 1984. It’s a plot summary of 1984.

If George Orwell had plugged that prompt into ChatGPT and asked it to do the rest for him, we would probably still have Winston Smith (or someone like him), but we might not have Julia, or O’Brien, or the scene with the rats, or the melancholy ending at the café, or a whole host of other important characters and plot points.

Why? Because here’s the thing - Orwell came up with those ideas because he actually thought about the premise he had imagined. What would people act like in such a society? What kind of torture methods would their government use?

Even the ending scene where Winston sits at the café can have a million different things said about it when it comes to Orwell’s thought process when he wrote it. What would this government do with its victims once they were done torturing them? How would they make a public example of the power it had, without actively televising said torture? How would “normal” citizens treat these victims? What would their short remaining lives be like?

If you put the basic details into ChatGPT, though - “dystopian government, surveillance, torture, betrayal” - It wouldn’t give you the same result.

Every decision you see in a book, movie, or other piece of media that you love is there because the author got stumped at one point and had to think their way out of it.

Ask any famous author about their writing process. Read or watch any interview. There will always be a point where they had no idea where to take the story next, and some of the parts about those stories that are the best are the ones that came about from writer’s block.

Writing is all about getting stumped, and confused, and not knowing where to go next. It’s okay to not always know what you’re doing. But you do actually have to think your way out of it. Otherwise, you’re not writing.

[undue-traveler]

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[caravanoftheblackwagon]

American Murder Song, Representing a time period, and the usage of racism

To preface I am indigenous (Mixtec) but this does not mean my opinion is shared by every native nor am I claiming to be objectively correct, but I think this is an important topic to discuss. I am a Red Dead Redemption fan which is a game that also features a lot of anti-native plot points and slurs and I will be referencing that a few times as a way to expand on my thoughts on this topic.

While most AMS albums take place in the 1800s outside of The Indiana Man none of the songs are specifically about the indigenous people of the states. Despite having only one song actually about the NDNs a total of five songs feature lyrics about them. In songs like Johnny the lyrics come out of nowhere and have no real contextual reason for it outside of “well its the 1800s” which isn't a great reason to include a slur. In Red Dead Two this happens as well but since about half the game is about the Ingenious people of New Hanover and the main cast has a native character it feels much more purposeful than it does in AMS.

The following will be a list of the songs, lyrics, and explanations of the issues with them.

Johnny - “Feathers as red as an Indian's skin; savage and painted and warring”

Calling natives ‘red’ is a derogatory term originated by the European colonists due to the red dye many tribes would use in their body markings. This is also a shortened version of the slur redskins. The term ‘savage’ is also a slur when talking about indigenous people and due to it being followed by ‘and painted and warring’ it's clear the lyric is not talking about Johnny’s actions and is still referring to the natives. Using ‘painted’ and ‘red’ in the same lyric to describe a NDN is a direct call to the slur redskin due to the context of why they're called redskins. Warring is also a term used as a way to describe the conflict of the tribes and the colonizers making it clear the entire line is about the natives analogy or not. There was no real purpose for this analogy other than ‘well its the 1800s’ which as i mentioned earlier is not a good reason to throw slurs in.

Six Merry Men - “Stomping our prayer, Indian-eyed”

In the song the six merry men are all getting drunk on whiskey which by itself is fine, however describing being blackout drunk as being ‘Indian-eyed’ is an issue. A stereotype regarding NDNs is that they drink a lot to the point of there being signs in bars saying to not ‘be an Indian’ as a way to discriminate against them. Like in Johnny this had no real purpose.

July - “Beggared, the neighbors, like injuns, they fled”

Injuns is a slur. It's basically a more racist way of saying Indians since at the time Indians was the ““proper”” way to refer to the native Americans Injuns was the slur. The line saying the NDNs fled is also kind of problematic as it is saying them being raped,killed, and colonized by white men caused them to flee like their homes and sacred land wasnt stolen. As the last two it has no real purpose.

The Indiana Man - Somehow the Indiana Man actually doesn't include any slurs which is insane. It's the only song actually about the racism and colonization towards the natives and it doesn't have anything super out of place. Like maybe the line "Eighteen states from this Indian land, Come December there'll be nineteen" but that's putting the blame on the Indiana Man/ the colonizers saying it's stolen from the natives. The song even includes the fact that the white men broke the peace treaties "Damn their treaties,Damn their kings, I've got a gun named Destiny" so this song compared to the others and a standalone is fine and appropriate

The Five Sisters - “Two men red and twelve men white.”

This is a bit complicated as it includes calling the native’s red which was discussed in the Johnny section, but the full version of the album has Storm referring to them properly (in 1800s terms) as "two Miwok Indian guides” in One by One They Fell, The Men! I think in this case it can pass.

(Bonus) Hail! Columbia - “And the bison head is smirking. Barley, Liberty, and Blood”

This is mostly a bonus because I thought it was interesting but the Bison head smirking at the white men’s conquests is a subtle nod to the fact that to starve the natives the colonizers would poach nearly every bison leading plains tribes to starve. Columbia is the woman in the manifest destiny painting so it's just an interesting nod to include and I just wanted to mention it.

What was the point of this?

The point was to discuss and cover the casual anti-Native language in AMS and why it's harmful not for me to say you can't like AMS (obviously im a fanpage) but it is important to know when racial bias is being shown. I dont think you cant show the bias in 1800s (and current day) America obviously like i said i think RDR2 does it well but its important to ask yourself “does this serve a larger purpose or is it just for shock?” which a lot of the lyrics don't have a major purpose to being there in my opinion. I hope in the future we get more songs like The Indiana Man or Hail! Columbia that go over the racism without relying on slurs or stereotypes for no reason, and I hope if we do they get actual indigenous people to give their opinions/perspectives on the lyrics before committing to them.

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