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Statement About AI Use

It's only natural these days that people are curious about the use of AI in professional settings. This, of course, is also important to a lot of people in fields that have been immediately threatened or encroached upon by generative AI like Claude or ChatGPT. These fields…
Statement About AI Use
It's only natural these days that people are curious about the use of AI in professional settings. This, of course, is also important to a lot of people in fields that have been immediately threatened or encroached upon by generative AI like Claude or ChatGPT. These fields includes ones dear to my heart, such as writing and art. I'm both a writer and an artist!
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Ideas for Writing Healing Magic

In the magic series, we're going to review a whole host of magic types! Magic systems are more than flashy spells and glowing hands. They're rules, rituals, and consequences—the invisible architecture behind every fireball, healing touch, or whispered curse.…
Ideas for Writing Healing Magic
In the magic series, we're going to review a whole host of magic types! Magic systems are more than flashy spells and glowing hands. They're rules, rituals, and consequences—the invisible architecture behind every fireball, healing touch, or whispered curse. Regardless of the type of magic, it needs structure and purpose to truly resonate with readers. We get into how to build a magic system and the importance of it in the D-Script…
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October 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Wikipedia has put out a comprehensive list of how to spot AI writing (for now). Keep in mind, humans naturally do many of these, so watch for multiple instances of many of these before jumping to conclusions

It's going to get harder spotting AI the more it develops

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Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
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October 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Statement About AI Use

It's only natural these days that people are curious about the use of AI in professional settings. This, of course, is also important to a lot of people in fields that have been immediately threatened or encroached upon by generative AI like Claude or ChatGPT. These fields…
Statement About AI Use
It's only natural these days that people are curious about the use of AI in professional settings. This, of course, is also important to a lot of people in fields that have been immediately threatened or encroached upon by generative AI like Claude or ChatGPT. These fields includes ones dear to my heart, such as writing and art. I'm both a writer and an artist!
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September 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A question has come in on our feedback form asking if AI is used to write articles:

I'll always be transparent about the use of AI, marking any content (where possible) that's been generated by AI, which is not a lot.

It would be faster, and I'd be able to get out more articles a year, but...
September 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Ideas for Writing Spirit Magic

In the magic series, we're going to review a whole host of magic types! Magic systems are more than flashy spells and glowing hands. They're rules, rituals, and consequences—the invisible architecture behind every fireball, healing touch, or whispered curse.…
Ideas for Writing Spirit Magic
In the magic series, we're going to review a whole host of magic types! Magic systems are more than flashy spells and glowing hands. They're rules, rituals, and consequences—the invisible architecture behind every fireball, healing touch, or whispered curse. Regardless of the type of magic, it needs structure and purpose to truly resonate with readers. We get into how to build a magic system and the importance of it in the D-Script…
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September 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Need some ideas on how to portray an emotion in your writing? This set of D-Scripts are for you!
Portraying Emotions and Sensations Effectively – Help for Authors
When writing a novel, it’s important to describe how things look. Colour is a great way of doing that, but it can be tricky if all you use is the basic name.
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July 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's not just romance or romantasy books that have love arcs. Here, we discuss what love is, what it isn't, and give lots of examples on how to SHOW love in your novels.
Describe It: Love
The article offers an in-depth exploration of love, focusing on its various dimensions including trust, respect, empathy, and emotional bonding. It clarifies that obsession, jealousy, possessivenes…
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July 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The next three D-Scripts were going to be about describing floods, flood survival, and rain. Considering the recent deadly flooding in Texas, we're going to postpone those a while and work to get another D-Script up soon.
July 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Portraying Consent When Writing Novels.

Consent isn't boring, but finding the words and descriptions without breaking the scene can be harder than your MMC!

Learn to write with consent but also learn the huge red flags to avoid.

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Portraying Consent When Writing Novels
TRIGGER WARNINGThis D-Script discusses subjects that may be triggering to some people (abuse, grooming, sexual assault) Nowadays, people generally understand what consent is. In this D-Script we&#8…
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July 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Want to check in on your character's heights in relation to each other? There's a tool for that!

See if she really just comes up to his collarbone or if your mind is getting the measurements wrong.

www.heightcomparison.com

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June 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The Oxford Comma helps with clarity. One of the last things you want is to make your readers have to stop and go back to reread something. You'll kill your flow.
June 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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AI does a ... decent (?) job at replicating human writing. Ish. It's only going to get better though.

For now, even AI uses em dashes wrong. It even overuses them. You're not going to be able tell based on something so minor.
Accusations of AI use seem to be flying around based on nothing more than vibes. But there’s (almost) no shortcut to knowing for sure.

Get all the details in the podcast!

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Are em dashes really a sign of AI writing? 'Caretaker' vs. 'caregiver'
Podcast Episode · Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing · 06/17/2025 · 17m
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June 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When writing magic into your novels, have you considered the world of dream magic? Let's talk about how to do it!

Ideas for Writing Dream Magic descriptionary.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/i...
Ideas for Writing Dream Magic
In the magic series, we’re going to review a whole host of magic types! Magic systems are more than flashy spells and glowing hands. They’re rules, rituals, and consequences—the invisib…
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June 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We've majorly expanded the list on how to write consent without it killing the mood!

Check out the "How to Approach Consensual Sex or Intimacy without being Boring" section for a TONNE of new examples.
#writingcommunity #romance #darkromance

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Portraying Consent When Writing Novels
TRIGGER WARNINGThis D-Script discusses subjects that may be triggering to some people (abuse, grooming, sexual assault) Nowadays, people generally understand what consent is. In this D-Script we&#8…
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May 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Writing a character with chronic pain? Avoid clichés, romanticism, and lazy shorthand. This guide breaks down how to write pain that hurts—with empathy, depth, and realism #byrequest #writingcommunity
Describe It: Writing Characters with Chronic Pain
You've likely heard of chronic pain, which is an invisible illness. Chronic pain is persistent, long-lasting pain that typically continues beyond the normal healing time, usually lasting at least three months, though can last for years or even an entire lifetime (ugh!). Unlike short-term pain, which has a clear cause, warning the body of damage or injury, chronic pain frequently becomes a condition itself, no longer merely a symptom of something else.
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May 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Rules are made for breaking.
Carefully.
And within moderation.
May 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Once a month for probably the next year, we'll be releasing one of these for different type of magic! If there's a type of magic you want to see, let us know. We'll keep it going until we're out of them.
#writingcommunity #fantasy #authors
May 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM