I dont mean to come off accusatory or mean :( but, do you use ai for your writing?
I've noticed several clues that point to ai: constant em dashes, lists of three, random line breaks every single sentence, sentences that are one word in an attempt to build tension, unnecessary italics, confusing moments when one character is at point A but in the next theyre at point B...
If you do use ai, can you please clarify it somewhere? Im sure a lot of people would appreciate the clarity so they can choose whether or not to browse your blog,, thank you!!
Oh no I did want to put this out there just to clarify to my readers (writing this from phone so sorry for any mistakes) but I do NOT use a.i for my fics. I put my fics through grammarly and I use spell checker. The repeated em (—) dashes are intentionally as they are genuinely used in various writings and books. They also look cooler than just simple commas (,)
I like writing this way—it’s prettier to me.
I like writing this way, it's prettier to me.
I've been writing fanfiction since I was 9 years old, I'm 20 now so of course over time ive improved. I've gotten plenty of rewards at my school for writing competitions and just in general proficient at reading and writing. So I'm very sorry for anyone where it comes off as A.I especially in recent times :(. I also use inspiration (sometimes heavy) from other fanfictions as well to help with prompts, so some things may end up being very similiar.
in regard of three break spaces, I personally think it makes things more equal? Like everything in three, instead of two or four? Idk I had to Google what you were talking about NGL)
when it comes to the tension claim, as an author. I really do love good tension. Like, severely. And many of my favorite fanfictions use things like
Can come off really cool in a way to build tension I just think it's really neat idk. I also overuse passive voice writing compared to active voice writing.
Also italics are a bit confusion to me cuz I don't know if there's any *incorrect* way to use italics besides emphasizing something or give things more...idk tension? Any inconsistencies with characters may just simply be my mistakes, as I write over the course of days and not all at one time. I may not remember or think of a scene from a couple days ago to the time in the present moment. I unfortunately get fixated on so many words too!!! It's annoying. Like I'll think of a good perfect word that fits in somewhere and all of a sudden I can't stop using it. It makes my work feel and sound repetitive. It ends just becoming a stupid filler word instead and It loses it touch though that may just be my ADHD or my mind diminishing idk
Basically what I'm saying is. If anything comes off as A.I. PLEASE it's not. Grammarly and Google docs does majority of the work for me anyways. And I've been using it since 2020 so I'm sure it's credible hopefully.
Anyways I think I will change my writing style though so this discussion won't come up again! I've been looking into more dynamic (?) styles of writing to hopefully give more of a signature (and hopefully less a.i) writing style to this account
But thank you for reading this far 🩷 also I'm thinking of getting a beta reader (for commissions) if anyone was interested, as I don't want any confusion to happen. I've been quite busy with classes and college and I've noticed I've been making some mistakes on commissions :(
But anyways I hope this clears up everything! Low-key kinda scared to post this (edited for clarification)