They are both well written, and when I'm in the middle of either book I'm completely absorbed in its world. In that moment, I'm not thinking about realism at all.
It's only when I put the book down that questions like that come up.
Uncle_Abbie
joined 2 months ago
I found a nice little freeware app for iOS. All it does is count syllables, but just having it on my phone reminds me that I can take a break and write a little haiku: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/haiku-poems-made-simple/id1227312972
I was wondering what apps and programs you guys use in your creative writing pursuits?
Typically your work belongs to the person who pays you for it. So it seems to me that if it's paid for by the public, then it's owned by the public.
I recently read Harold by Steven Wright, and I loved it. I enjoyed reading a book where I honestly could not predict what would happen in the next paragraph, yet it still coalesced into a coherent whole.
The only other author I know who could write like that was Richard Brautigan, and I was hoping the community could recommend some other authors to try.
They're kind of vague on what they mean when they say "AI." Are they asking a chatbot for a synonym, or feeding it a prompt and sitting back while it creates a manuscript from whole cloth?
Either way, it's none of my business. There's no prize to be won, the gains are all personal. For the first in my life, my teacher's words ring true: "You're only cheating yourself."