If only... I feel ya, Evren.

I write characters of all kinds. Sometimes I have the classic hero trope, but usually I like to mix it up. But there's room for all in fiction!

6/6 One more thing, the anti-AI crowd aren't my audience. So their threats of blacklisting means jackshit. Bc I have no desire to play in their sandboxes anymore than they have a desire to play in mine. I'll be fine. So will they.

5/6 But as long as a huge amount of the creative community wants to war over the use of AI, they will be meant with opposition. This is a war. We won't be bullied into silence. I know, I'm a party pooper. Tough toodles.

4/6 If the anti-AI crowd wants to crucify me over it, let them. I will use them for PR. Haters are the best fans, after all. Bring it on, make me famous. Or, we could just shake hands, respect that we each use different tools, and go do our own things. I actually prefer that one.

3/6 and a few bad actors. AI is a tool. I still put a shit ton of myself into my writing, and that's with using a shit ton of AI. But see, I actually went out of my way to learn how to do it right, and I still use writing craft in the process. Some of us actually learned how it's done properly.

2/6 AI, and I stand against actual abuse done by bad ppl using AI. I agree that Anthropic was guilty for pirating books, and ergo needed to pay up. Actual theft is illegal. But not everyone who uses AI is stealing. Such things are called, stereotyping. Prejudice. Assumptions made based on headlines,

Always nice to connect with AI friendly ppl.

Just today, using YourFirstDraft through the FFA, I was able to crank out a story dossier plus first chapter that was amazing. I put a lot of myself into the process, and I could tell. Almost ready to have it spin up an an entire draft.

Oh I understand. Even on here, a while back, I got soooo much hate over AI, even by authors I used to respect. And many of those AI haters love to send death threats, and lawsuits. Although it's mostly just talk, but it's harassment.