@BurntSugarPlum
17. I believe that Wattpad is an excellent training ground. Any form of professional publishing is obviously the goal, but people like me don't have the confidence, experience, skill, or resources to do that right now, so this is a good stepping stone. I hope I can build a community here that transfers over one day.
18. Fix the goddamn mobile app! Also, stop algo-pushing boring ass smut, push ACTUAL stories with ACTUAL effort with ACTUAL covers with ACTUAL characters. Wattpad is the only option, except A03, that has any modicum of possibility of getting your stories seen. It sucks that it's near impossible to get natural engagement! Even hate comments don't reach me!
19. People misinterpret your opinions, especially when you mean no harm. A lot of negativity is sprouted from when you post something generative, like a tweet or even a whole book, and people judge your entire character off something so small. It makes you want to hide away. So, I try to tailor the wording of my opinions, unless I truly don't care who hears them (like supporting the LGBTQ community, I'll always be vocal about stuff like that, bigots be damned).
20. AI is a helpful tool for researching and aggregating information. That's it. Why write, or create at all, if you have AI doing the legwork for you? You want a product to be proud of, and that is not creative. I want a production I can be proud of, and a product that I know was all mine. So, use it wisely, is what I'm saying, and don't use it for generative purposes to put out into the world. Whatever you do in private is your own business, but art is soul, and AI has none. Oh, and AI Covers are ugly as f*cking sin.
