• NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Tbf, I’m old enough to have known the world before the world wide web, let alone ChatGPT, and I really don’t understand how the hell anyone could write an internally consistent 1000+ page book/series.

      Writers are witches.

      • ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca
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        4 days ago

        Back before the internet became so addictive, I could write and write and write for long periods. Nowadays I have a really short attention span.

        I do try to write hand-written letters every year, but work and chores and everything keeps getting in the way.

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      3 days ago

      I’ve written two books, both well over 100,000 words. While writing the books, I had to read, and re-read them several times, of course. I also spent quite a bit of time researching things, reading parts of other people’s books.

      The first one I wrote before ChatGPT existed. I finished the second one last year, but I have no idea how to use ChatGPT to write a book, so I didn’t try. Besides, writing is fun, why let a stupid machine do it?

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        3 days ago

        why let a stupid machine do it?

        From what I’ve seen, it’s to make a knock off of established work and hope people buy it on Amazon thinking they are getting something from an actually good series.