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rainwatersparkI'm back from a family vacation, which was wonderful and relaxing, but now that I'm back home I'm once again drowning in stress and remembering the 754918 things I'm behind on and stressing over being on submission...again.
Like most other writers, I've been following the developments regarding AI for generating stories. It's kind of ironic that right now, attempting to write any new story brings me so much pain that I can't bring myself to do it.
But it's not because I hate writing. It's because submission and the publishing industry have ground me down so much, my soul feels like glass dust and I can't remember what it feels like to write for joy.
I don't understand why anyone who either doesn't have story ideas or hates the act of writing would want to produce a book. As I writer, I find so much joy in thinking and talking about writing process, narrative devices, structure, tropes. Why would someone want to use AI to skip all of that? What is the point of producing a book, then?
I'm honestly too tired to go on a rant regarding all the problems with AI, the devaluing of writers' labor, the attitude of tech bros that getting a computer to write a book feels like a game to win instead of an issue that impacts real humans and will incentivize corporations to pay writers even less than they already make.
I'm just...tired.
Like most other writers, I've been following the developments regarding AI for generating stories. It's kind of ironic that right now, attempting to write any new story brings me so much pain that I can't bring myself to do it.
But it's not because I hate writing. It's because submission and the publishing industry have ground me down so much, my soul feels like glass dust and I can't remember what it feels like to write for joy.
I don't understand why anyone who either doesn't have story ideas or hates the act of writing would want to produce a book. As I writer, I find so much joy in thinking and talking about writing process, narrative devices, structure, tropes. Why would someone want to use AI to skip all of that? What is the point of producing a book, then?
I'm honestly too tired to go on a rant regarding all the problems with AI, the devaluing of writers' labor, the attitude of tech bros that getting a computer to write a book feels like a game to win instead of an issue that impacts real humans and will incentivize corporations to pay writers even less than they already make.
I'm just...tired.
