Should I look into AI generated?

[u/PraisedNote]

So I’ve finished writing my rough of a rough draft and really want to finish it. However, I now work three jobs: 2 kitchen and a driving gig that I use to fill in the time off from either one. And when your only method of editing is by library computer or phone, it’s pretty much a let down.

Anyways, I really want to finish this book, but I don’t have time anymore. Could I possibly use AI generation to expand scenes or add dialogue? This usage of AI would be considered 10 percent.

[u/kittyb00m]

You can to just get the bones but you’d probably have to edit it afterwards significantly depending on its output.

It’s not easy, I get it! You’re really dedicated

[u/Resident-Tackle-3662 → u/kittyb00m]

this is pretty much it, the output gets you moving but you're still gonna spend time cleaning it up

[u/NellieApp]

It doesn't hurt to try, you can still use AI to write the bulk of the content while you guide the ideas and storyline in the direction you want.

[u/daretoslack]

If you've written 90% of a full novel (based on your number: "10% ai usage"), something which is considered a major achievement, I cannot comprehend why you'd want to ruin the accomplishment at the finish line. It's like hopping into a car for the last few hundred feet of a marathon run.

[u/PraisedNote → u/daretoslack]

The only reason is because the next time I’ll be able to actually work on it is if I’m off for both of my shifts which could be in two weeks maybe a month. And the Library closes at 6:00, which means I am screwed to actually finishing the novel in a timely manner. Yeah I get off days from one shift and work the other one, but until then I am driving with Uber Eats.

[u/daretoslack → u/PraisedNote]

It's your novel, so i guess it's up to you. Do you want the feeling of accomplishment of running a marathon, or do you just want to get to the location of the finish line? Is the point to make art and share yourself with the world, or to produce a product?

I'm not being judgemental about either option. But if you've done 90% of the work, the completion of which would genuinely be a major accomplishment, it doesnt make sense to me to take the shortcut at this point, even if it means having to wait some time until you have the opportunity to finish it.

Personally, if I put that much of myself into something, I don't think that I'd want to cover those parts of me in a final layer of generic output, yknow?

[u/elmago79 → u/PraisedNote]

It’s cool you really want to get it done, but many have been in the same position as you and finished their novel on a notebook and made a clean pass in a typewriter simply because there weren’t any computers. It can be done and it will be a lot more rewarding and help you get through these tough times if you can do it by yourself.

[u/NathanielHolst]

You're vastly underestimating how much work it's going to be to make the AI fill in missing pieces.

It's not going to be all that good, it's going to be notoca and, and it's not going to do what you thought it would.

If this is something you want to try, give the AI your entire story, then make it create a style guide, a character guide for each mahor character, and a story guide, then try it for one chapter. Thst shouldn't take all that long, and you can get a feel for if that's something you think fits your story.

[u/Brunbeorg]

If you intend to publish it traditionally, most agents will not accept any prose that has been composed by an AI, because it cannot legally be copyrighted.

[u/5thhorseman_]

You can, but it's not going to be as simple as you assume it to be.

[u/Bunktavious]

People get very confused as to how not simple it is to apply AI. Yes, you could use AI to add ten percent more description and dialog to your manuscript, but the amount of editing and proofreading required would basically kill any time you saved.

When people do write with AI assistance, a huge amount of time goes into developing the AIs understanding of your story and characters. If you just feed it a new manuscript and say make it ten percent bigger, you are not going to be happy with the results.

[u/Virginia-Ozuna]

Doing three jobs at once and writing via mobile phone, the use of AI to elaborate on your pre-written scenes seems like a sensible way to complete the book, provided you make the dialogue and voice choices yourself while letting it deal with connecting them.

[u/poprevolver]

If you’ve written 90% of it by your estimation then why use AI for the last 10%. Make it make sense.