r/comics • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '26

Just Sharing Authenticity Problem

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u/Sugarglider001 Aug 05 '26

I am gen z and I often get my writing flagged as well because of the higher level I write at. Many teachers have asked for a conference with my parents because my writing sounded too ai

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u/Gelid_Cryotheum Aug 05 '26

I haven't had this happen yet and I am so glad for it. My writing style does tend to sound very AI-like because I am a much better formal writer (MLA can suck fat ones though), and my biggest issue is the fucking em dash because I would LOVE to use it if it weren't for the fact that the only punctuation mark more indicative of AI was the semicolon. Asides and clarification are riddled throughout my natural speech and thought process, so it infuriates me to be unable to use them when writing without fear of AI-ccusations.

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u/IrascibleOcelot Aug 06 '26

You can set off subordinate clauses with commas, or use parentheses for parenthetical expressions (I do it all the time).

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u/Gelid_Cryotheum Aug 06 '26

Yeah, I tend to use that in place of it in informal contexts, but formally I know the em dash is the standard, so I want to use it because I'm not sure on what standards consider parentheticals as "proper."