There was drama in Romancelandia recently when some clearly AI-written stories were published with AI prompts left in them.

I write for myself first and foremost. I love writing the messy first drafts. That magic is what makes the rest of the process worth it (revisions, edits, proofreading, marketing, etc.).

But I can kind of, sort of, maybe understand why other writers would be tempted to use AI. Writer’s block is a very real thing. I suffered through it for a short while. And COVID unfortunately has damaged ALL of our brains. This damage has been very noticeable for writers.

What I don’t understand is…

Why weren’t these stories, at the very least, read by the writers before they were published?

My stars. I reread my stories a gazillion times before publishing them. I’m so worried about accidentally uploading a rough draft or having missing chapters or dealing with the many other things that could go wrong during the formatting/writing process.

Reread your final stories before you hit publish (or send them to Beta readers)!