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If you're using AI to make your book covers or your profile picture, it's only fair to assume that you're also using AI for your stories. 

Somebody made a book cover for my story but I can't tell if it's AI or not. It looks too good. The fingers used to be AI's weakness and now it isn't. So idk...

So, people actually think that authors who use em dash in their books (—)  are using AI. Wow, that's sad. You guys are sad 

I knew I wasn't hallucinating. The app is broken again. 
          
          On the website version, I'm following users but on the app, I am not. This isn't happening only to me. I've seen posts complaining about the same thing. 
          
          Hope Wattpad will fix this soon or else it's gonna create distrust among the users. 

I have completely stopped using Grammarly and other online editing tools. Despite adding my characters' names to the dictionary, the program continues to "correct" them. Out of curiosity, I changed their names to more Western-sounding ones, and suddenly, Grammarly stopped flagging them with red lines. It’s 2025, and it’s frustrating to see that Grammarly still struggles with non-Western names.
          
          Additionally, the constant push for the premium version and the incessant suggestions to revise my sentences have become quite annoying. 
          
          As a result, I’ve decided to forgo all editing tools. If my writing contains typos, that’s the reason. I’ll be manually editing everything from now on.

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I recently attended an online writer's forum where most of the members were Gen Z, like me. During the discussion, some of them asked how I managed to create a mature story that included themes of pedophilia, child abuse, and rape without going into graphic detail. Thankfully, we were allowed to talk off-camera, as I struggle to control my facial expressions in uncomfortable situations.
          
          I found their question perplexing because, honestly, I didn’t approach those themes in a detailed manner. I believe that the seriousness of such topics speaks for themselves, and I felt that graphic descriptions could easily veer into fetishisation. I handled these themes with the utmost respect and sensitivity. It left me wondering: do these writers really equate maturity with explicit depictions of violence and trauma? That is quite disturbing to me.

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As an experiment, I asked AI to revise a paragraph from my writing. I was curious to see what enhancements other writers might achieve by using AI. 
          
          My paragraph:
          
          One would have immediately thought that he at least had a deep, intimidating voice. What he has, though, is of a boy who has yet to stop drinking his mother's milk.
          
          AI's:
          
          One might expect him to possess a deep, commanding voice, but instead, he speaks with the high-pitched timbre of a boy who has yet to outgrow his mother's embrace.
          
          Perhaps the AI has better flow and grammar. But it has erased my tone. My voice as a writer. It removed my humour. 
          
          So again, I don't understand why use AI to write your book. It's boring 

I don't understand how I'm already familiar with my writing style, can recognize my weaknesses, and know how to strengthen my prose, and yet I still can't figure out how to improve my first chapter. Is this just a normal writer struggle, or is my brain being lazy?