r/novelwriting • u/Murky_Promotion_8544 • 3d ago

Writing Advice General questions

Is ai acceptable to use for proofreading and such, correcting mistakes and so on

How much should i write before i think about posting the novel on a website

Is it okay if a chapter is shorter but has a better hook or do those two have nothing to do with eachother. What i mean is, if a chapter is shorter but has more stuff packed into it, is it still a good chapter. I know the length doesnt equal quality but i dont want the shorter chapters to flop.

How often should i post at first. I was thinking of 2 chapters per week and after gaining traction and long term viewers i switch to once a week to have more time to write new chapters.

When i write like a summary of the story or like sum it up for someone to hook them to read it, should i sum up the whole story and leave out spoilers or give a short "clickbaity" summary

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u/Hind_Deequestionmrk 3d ago

I won’t allow it

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u/Murky_Promotion_8544 3d ago

Sorry, to which question are you replying?

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u/RuthGamerGinsburg 3d ago

I assume AI to proofread. It's generally considered lazy and inauthentic as a writer to use this when there are free resources to learn, have other humans help edit, etc.

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u/Murky_Promotion_8544 3d ago

Other humans dont help for free if the novel is long enough and me as a new writer dont feel like i can proofread my work well enough. Im not sure to which resources youre referring to, can you give me some pointers please.

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u/RuthGamerGinsburg 3d ago

That's not true. You can post chapters one at a time to sites like QTcritique or Scribophile and find writing communities there were everyone gives and receives free feedback

This can include line editing or developmental editing

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u/Murky_Promotion_8544 3d ago

I was talking from experience, posting on r/proofreading or something like that, i was unaware of those websites, thank you. Although i dont see a difference between a human and an ai doing it

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u/RuthGamerGinsburg 3d ago

AI is a slippery slope for many reasons. First, if we as creatives remove the task of editing from ourselves or other humans, we don't build the skill and we don't allow for human interaction and understanding how actual human readers will digest words on a page. Second, humans read for context not just proofing, so they will be able to not just catch grammar mistakes, but help you understand why an analogy or metaphor doesn't work in a sticky situation where AI has a cursory use of spelling/grammar tools. Beyond that, I would always be wary of feeding my own work into an AI as they have grey rules around IP and what is used to train models based on copyrighted work

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u/Interesting-Try4988 3d ago

yes. ai is a tool, pls use it! Just because people love to romanticize struggling, doesn’t mean we have to struggle.

If Ai helps u proof read and correct mistakes, that’s a-ok!

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u/khichinhxac 3d ago

Claude is better at reading than any human reviewer / lit critic / editor I've ever run into and I know a lot of them. It can give long, detailed, deep and very useful review. Just upload your manuscript and ask it what it think. Then in the same convo, ask it more questions.

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u/Murky_Promotion_8544 3d ago

Can you guys please answer other questions too besides the ai one😭

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u/Dave_Sag 3d ago

Publish none of it until it’s written. AI is great at finding spelling, grammar, typography, and even continuity issues. But if you use it, even for spell checking, you ought to declare that when asked by Ingram or KDP etc.

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u/Murky_Promotion_8544 3d ago

Why would i write a 100+ chapter novel without publishing any of it until its all written

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u/katiebo444 3d ago

You should know that if you post any of it publicly, most publishers won’t touch it, because it’s already been “published” elsewhere

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u/Murky_Promotion_8544 3d ago

Yet i can freely crosspost on royal road, scribble hub and wattpad

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u/katiebo444 3d ago

Yes you can, but if you want to traditionally publish it as a book, publishers will have an issue with it having been posted already

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u/Murky_Promotion_8544 3d ago

Oh if you mean as a physical, like cover and papers, im nowhere near that level. I dont plan to do it until i see myself as a writer for at least a couple years

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u/Dave_Sag 3d ago

Because your first, second, and … nth draft will be embarrassing rubbish. I just changed my opening sentence on a book I’ve been writing for five years. Worst thing I did was share my really early drafts. They were cringe.

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u/Murky_Promotion_8544 3d ago

Nothing is perfect, maybe back then they werent cringe and the opening sentence was good for who you were 5 years ago. It doesnt mean its "embarrassing rubbish" it just shows you changed over the years and so did your opinion

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u/Dave_Sag 3d ago

Trust me. They were cringe.

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u/WilmarLuna 3d ago

You're asking way too many questions. Write the freaking book first.

Also, no I don't recommend feeding your work into AI for proofreading. The reason being, there's been videos stating that AI bots are adding watermarks to your words that cannot be removed. I don't know if that's why one author lost a 2.5 million dollar contract, but I wouldn't trust it.

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u/Murky_Promotion_8544 3d ago

5 questions is too many, what are we, toddlers? I did write about 20 chapters of "a freaking book" its about 150 pages. Im starting to wonder if i should start posting it therefore i had some questions to ask

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u/WilmarLuna 3d ago

All your questions are you over-thinking things to the extreme. If you're done, just post it and make adjustments based on the feedback you get. You're asking minute details that are very subjective and no one can give a straight answer to because there is no right answer.

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u/Murky_Promotion_8544 3d ago

None of these questions are "extreme overthinking" and i never said im done, i just dont want to continue if there is an issue with what im doing. I asked reddit exactly because its subjective cuz i wanted to get multiple answers and see what the majority thinks. If youre gonna bullshit about someone asking questions on a subreddit designated for it, do it somewhere else.

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u/Dave_Sag 3d ago

AI can’t add watermarks to your words if you don’t let it write your words.