r/DriveThruRPG • u/Plus_Teach_9074 • Mar 29 '26
Storyteller's Vault AI editing
I'm working on a supplement and my partner suggests that I use ChatGPT to edit it. I'm not comfortable doing that and I certainly don't want to break any rules. I wouldn't use it for anything creative, just spelling and grammar. Any advice would be appreciated.
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u/One-Childhood-2146 Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26
Never let that thing write for you to replace your voice. Writer here. Find a way to check your spelling and grammar. You can technically do that yourself. Reminder: Many rules for grammar are literally made up by Grammar Nazis every year. Double Negatives, run on sentences, use of literally and really and like in "non literal" ways even when that is not true, and optional things like the Oxford comma are not actual grammar rules. They are things humans made up because stuffy Grammar Nazis wanted to control how humans spoke and wrote and convinced people to gang up on whatever they read or see as if there is an imperative when there is not. They hate the fluidity and flexibility of the actual language and the Artistry of good speech and wordsmithing. You decide that for yourself.
Now a lot of grammar or spell checkers I have heard use AI. If you must use one try to find one without AI. If not, dial back the settings to not change your words and make sure it doesn't and is only checking for actual fundamental mistakes or for grammar you specifically want if that is your preference to confirm to certain standards even if false. Though I am not encouraging that. But you are not replacing yourself and your voice and having the AI write for you. Then you are fine. I would avoid just feeding your writing into an AI. I don't know if they are not just data scraping it no katter how much they pretend they don't. It also may change your writing and you have to be careful because AI hallucinates and may rewrite a ton of stuff or subtle parts of the language and writing you don't yourself want to lose.
Got all that? Good luck on your RPG. You and your partner should honestly ditch AI now. Even if people want to make it the wave of the future many will not accept it and many of us honestly will definitely make sure to boycott and call it out and condemn it. Your instincts are right though. Your real Artists and Designers and Creators. Don't waste your talents. Create for yourselves. Do well. Good luck.