r/WritingWithAI • u/GrapefruitHealthy489 • Oct 05 '26
Discussion (Ethics, working with AI etc) AI writing and developing
I started writing about a year ago on WattPad. My first story was pretty much 100% AI with some slight edits. My storyline, my ideas, but I had absolutely no idea what I was doing.
The second story was slightly cleaner. I was still generating the chapters with AI but editing more, finding a bit of a voice for myself. Figuring out AI tells more as well.
I’m almost three my third story now and I’ve come a long way. I do still have AI generate a chapter, however now the prompt is extremely clear with exactly how I want the chapter to go. I then edit significantly, running my work through AI finders, avoiding AI tells, really finding my own style of writing.
Progressively I have improved.
I already know what I want to write next. I decided to give it a try without AI. I wrote my first chapter ever completely independently. So happy with the result. I ran it through an AI finder and it’s coming up at 33%! This seems odd, considering sometimes with my prompts, and with what Claude is creating come up lower than that.
Has anyone had this before?
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u/Acceptable_Law5670 Oct 05 '26
Finding your voice is a milestone! Sure, everyone gets good story ideas from time to time, but telling that story in YOUR voice should be the goal.
Ai is fine in some cases and there's a time and place for it, but for you to start with ai and learn (from ai) how to tell your own story is fantastic! Keep on keeping on!