Mary-chan_081234

Okay before I flip out, if I use this “—“ in my stories are you guys gonna go:
          	
          	*Points finger, “Ai!” 
          	Like they do when going, “Witch!”
          	
          	
          	Cause I’m LONGING to use them, but I won’t if you guys think it sounds too AI, even if it is proper grammar sometimes. T-T

Mary-chan_081234

Okay thank you! I’ve honestly just been so scared to sound too AI when it’s generally just proper grammar and fun punctuation that’s usually in fiction! 
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linesantique

Em dashes have literally been around forever, and at the end of the day, genAI is fueled by human work. Write whatever suits your voice, and if people don’t have the reading comprehension to distinguish between genuine human work and AI slop, there’ve bigger fish to fry than heckling fanfic writers.
          	  
          	  So what I’m trying to say is write your heart out, however that may be! <3
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Mary-chan_081234

Okay before I flip out, if I use this “—“ in my stories are you guys gonna go:
          
          *Points finger, “Ai!” 
          Like they do when going, “Witch!”
          
          
          Cause I’m LONGING to use them, but I won’t if you guys think it sounds too AI, even if it is proper grammar sometimes. T-T

Mary-chan_081234

Okay thank you! I’ve honestly just been so scared to sound too AI when it’s generally just proper grammar and fun punctuation that’s usually in fiction! 
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linesantique

Em dashes have literally been around forever, and at the end of the day, genAI is fueled by human work. Write whatever suits your voice, and if people don’t have the reading comprehension to distinguish between genuine human work and AI slop, there’ve bigger fish to fry than heckling fanfic writers.
            
            So what I’m trying to say is write your heart out, however that may be! <3
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Mary-chan_081234

Prologues are my NUMBER ONE ememy. Im literally rethinking all life choices that have lead up to this momment. 
          
          Am I still going to get this done? 
          Yes.
          
          Am I going to cry and rewrite it multipe times? 
          Also yes.
          
          Do I also really want to just start writing whatever comes to mind without following the tome of the book I'm planning?
          Kinda.
          
          But worry not! It will be done one way or another. I jsut hope whoever reads it likes it.

linesantique

Ahh looking forward to it!
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Mary-chan_081234

oh my gosh, tone*** and just***
            
            literally going to crash out
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MochiSpaceMoose222

OMG HEYYYYY!! Just wanted to drop in and say thanks for giving me a FREAKING HEART ATTACK. Said with love, of course. I just logged back into Wattpad and saw 29 notifications and thought someone was yelling at me. But, fortunately for both of us, it was YOU VOTING FOR MY STORYYYYYYYYYY!!! 
          
          Anyway. Real reason why I'm here. 
          
          I actually wanted to say thanks for the VOTES in "The Names We Left Behind"! It means a lot to know that you enjoy what I've written. If it's no too much to ask, do you mind telling me what you might like about it? Or even dislike. I don't care. Literally anything helps. I like asking any reader I can find about their thoughts so I can better adjust my stories to their liking. I'm gonna be honest here. Most of them don't respond. So I'm kinda stuck with close to nothing to go off of. I guess you could say I thrive on both validation and criticism that I never actually get, so I'm DEEPLY MALNURISHED. Like a houseplant on a sad Tuesday night.
          
          That... didn't make a lot of sense. 
          
          I GOT OFF TRACK AGAIN. (I'm literally typing as my thoughts appear. Sorry if it's all over the place.)
          
          I forgot everything else I wanted to say.
          
          Thanks for reading my TED Talk.
          
          (Again, thanks for voting! <3)

MochiSpaceMoose222

BINGED?? I'M HONORED! That's a good thing, I assume...
            
            Girly, do whatever you want lol. If you're still open to giving feedback, you can probably just say whatever in the comments, or just message me directly. I'm also not rushing for answers, so like... take your time! <3
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Mary-chan_081234

Oh my gosh hi! Love your story and pretty much binged half of it until I fell asleep lol
            
            And honestly, that’s so real; I would love to give you criticism and compliments on your book. I just have to reread what I read last night half asleep so I could give you better answers haha, wouldn’t want to tell you random stuff off of half asleep memory! 
            
            What I can tell you right now, though is that I love the way you write with such a nice outgoing personality! I can even see it in your comment here. 
            
            (Also, it was no problem voting. I love to give votes to books that I actually find interesting and enjoyable!)
            
            (Another also, I was kind of doing the same thing last night lol, living off of candy and zero sleep to read your book; so no judgement here)
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MochiSpaceMoose222

I REMEMBER WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY NOW.
            
            Saw you also added TNWLB to your TREASURE TROVE!! Thank you for that, as well! 
            
            (I'm currently running on a single Dr. Pepper and regret rn. Don't judge me plz)
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Mary-chan_081234

Genuinely about to cry, why are so many people ruining the art of fanfics with Ai? And this isn’t to diss on people who use it as a tool for grammar or advice on something they’ve already written; but just the fact that you can blatantly tell it’s Ai with how it’s written and the way it has no character of its own. Let alone the fact that it’s repetitive with no real thought like how a person would to make the word choice interesting and engaging for the human mind… 
          
          Anyway, sorry for my rant, just had to say it. It’s not that I’ll ever start dissing or hating on people who do use it, cause it’s still a story either way and in the end I just want to read, I’m just frustrated. 

Mary-chan_081234

At this point I’m being starved out of good, non-Ai fanfics to the point I’m just doom scrolling for more yet not finding any T-T
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hayunq

And mostly AI stories are very cringey and the way some stuff are described is just so weird 
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