Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?

A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.

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-t - May 23, 2025 8:48:29 am PDT #6703 of 6709
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

So weird to say "used an AI to help write the book" when the "author" seems to have barely edited the output


erikaj - May 25, 2025 12:42:54 pm PDT #6704 of 6709
Always Anti-fascist!

ew. as if. Don't want to ruin another writer, but I kind of hope they're, you know, done now. But, maybe not, even though the thought that "Nothing matters" is, in itself, a fearful cliche at this point. And, not to rehash a painful topic, but it still supremely grosses me out that NaNo used ableism/ disability access as a justification for all that. Even as I might appreciate more help with researching or formatting, some of the non-creative bits that still take a fair number of keystrokes I might wish I had one day.


erikaj - May 25, 2025 12:54:10 pm PDT #6705 of 6709
Always Anti-fascist!

also, so far, I don't like the way it writes yet. I don't care how many newsmagazine reporters lose their shit that a robot knows who Raymond Carver is. (I agree that we could get to a point where the ethical/metaphysical issues become more intense but to me...maybe we're getting a look at what's in the monkeys-with-typewriters' wastebaskets.) It's just, sort of off. Like a fake phishing e-mail from the bank that almost has you going, but then, mis-spells your name or is all crooked. It's not like I'm some kerning expert, but they get to a point where I think "No bank would send things that look like this."


erikaj - Jun 20, 2025 5:32:53 pm PDT #6706 of 6709
Always Anti-fascist!

cereal: Kind of a disembodied feeling to write something, set it somewhere you've never been as a lark and then need research when you don't even know if anyone will read it but you.


erikaj - Aug 01, 2025 10:10:21 am PDT #6707 of 6709
Always Anti-fascist!

Looking for a synonym for "punking out" that isn't homophobic, but not as bucolic as "chickening out" I could just go with "being a coward", I guess, but I'm kind of hoping someone here has something cooler for me.


dcp - Aug 01, 2025 10:34:53 am PDT #6708 of 6709
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Hmmmm.

Wimp out. Duck out. Wave off. Turn tail. Tuck tail and run. Flee. Scamper. Scuttle off. Collapse. Flinch. Cringe. Avoid and evade.


erikaj - Aug 01, 2025 3:14:43 pm PDT #6709 of 6709
Always Anti-fascist!

OK, some decent options...not sure which I, or my character, might spark to, but I have some time to think about it.(I think it's hard to do submissions in August.)


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