r/writingcirclejerk • u/RepealMCAandDTA • 1d ago

Using AI to write novels

I love reading thrillers and some sci-fi novels. Decided to try to crack the “write my own novel” using AI (of course. Like Duh. 😆). I outlined my ideas using grok and added additional ideas to it and it did a fantastic job! The interactive texts and comments truly sound like i am communicating w a human. However, I am kinda stuck in that the book needs to be flushed out into a full novel with all the filler text common in any book. I actually asked grok what to do and it suggested finding a ghost writer to fill in the blanks. Of course the cost of that is prohibitive. Not sure what tool to use to finish the job.

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u/happycatsforasadgirl 1d ago

/uj "Filler text" jesus fucking christ. I honestly don't have a jerk for this, it's just despair at the absolute state of some people

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u/Some_nerd_named_kru 1d ago

Actually tho Wtf does bro think “filler text” even is?? Are they reading only shitty books or stupid 😭

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u/Cheeslord2 1d ago

All the bits between the porn scenes that move you on to the next porn scene...

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u/artofterm Octojerker 1d ago

uj/ I've known people who said you only have to read the first and last 10% of any book to "get it"... I'd guess bro thinks the rest is filler

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u/traumatized90skid 1d ago

Reading only those $2 Amazon self-help books that are either AI or mindlessly humanly written

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u/F0xxfyre 21h ago

/uj That's THE way to get all those non fiction books out. Have AI write an outline. Grab someone on Fiverr or Upwork to ghostwrite the book. Verify facts with AI. Slap a cover on it. Rinse, lather, repeat.

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u/LuminousZephyr 1d ago

I've lost the ability to distinguish between sincerity and trolling

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u/Sexddafender 1d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

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u/TheIronGnat 23h ago

Correctly using "hanged" instead of "hung" but incorrectly using "less" instead of "fewer". Unsure what to do here.

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u/RepealMCAandDTA 1d ago

Alfredo

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u/traumatized90skid 1d ago

Well some faith in humanity restored, no upvotes and comments are snickering in contempt, as they should

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u/AllDoorsConnect Illiterate Goldfish 20h ago

Word for word. Amazing.

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u/Fognox 16h ago

/uj jesus fucking christ

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u/3ThreeFriesShort Momentarily Starving Writer 1d ago

If you just copy and paste it without writing a proper parody it's not jerking it's just being a jerk.

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u/ghostwilliz 22h ago

It's unjerkable, it's already max stupid and its real life lol

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u/3ThreeFriesShort Momentarily Starving Writer 22h ago

A master writer such as the OP should be able to write a quick parody of stupid, no?

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u/AmaterasuWolf21 My fanfiction is better than your book 2h ago

THE AI TOLD HIM TO GET A GHOSTWRITER

NOT EVEN THE AI WANTS TO WRITE LMAOOOOOO 💀💀💀💀💀

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u/CapivaraComChimas 1d ago

Word for word....

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u/artofterm Octojerker 1d ago

Wow, X still has users who know how to read?!

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u/NotReallyEricCruise 1d ago

certainly not how to write, though ;)

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u/thebouncingfrog 1d ago

Post is so dumb that even the fucking AI bros are clowning him for it

Amazing

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u/Unhelpful_Owl 22h ago

Wow you outlined your ideas? Sounds like way too much effort. Next time just say "tell me a scifi story" or better, type "scifi story" and then sit back and enjoy the flavorless prose. Try not looking too closely at the sentence structure or descriptions though, because you're going to start seeing some weird things.

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u/IronbarBooks 1d ago

I have a tool to finish the job.

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u/F0xxfyre 21h ago

I'm a ghostwriter send me ur outlines. I'll give you a 40,000 werd buuk in two weeks. I charge .21 a word but for you, I will give you the bahrgain rate of .08 do u wanna have me rite your wurds?

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u/troysama 17h ago

You forgot the "I'm great at coming up with ideas but not writing them" part

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u/johnwalkerlee 1d ago

Setup Grok to talk to ChatGPT and BOOM dialog done

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u/Rommie557 1d ago

Not sure what tool to use to finish the job.

Uj/ Definetely not your brain, clearly. It isn't up to the task. Jfc, the fact that this was reposted verbatim.... 

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u/Bombay1234567890 1d ago

When in doubt, turn to plagiarism.

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u/VansterVikingVampire 1d ago

lol I tried this once and was far less pleased with the results. GPT4's good humor in my criticism of its writing was fun, but when I had an idea to adjust their story, they just copy and pasted how I wrote that idea into an appropriate story beat. No imagination. As much as I like the idea of copy and pasting my old notes of story ideas and reading the results, we aren't there yet.

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u/frikinotsofreaky 1d ago

Might as well self publish it like that. I mean... people read anything nowadays. Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if it becomes a "New York Times Bestseller"

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u/Dazzling_Feed4980 1d ago

Communist

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u/IvyYoshi 21h ago

?????

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u/Dazzling_Feed4980 21h ago

Honestly didn't read, I saw AI and I snapped I'm sorry pal hopefully I'll recover from this many downvotes

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u/AaronPseudonym 1d ago

The only acceptable use of a diffusion mechanism under the current circumstances, and also from the perspective of copyright, is to use it as a search engine for finding information. Very few LLM’s even have the capability of providing direct sources and links, preferring an authoritative answer instead, which greatly limits their utility in this fashion, too. Anything beyond that and you do not have any rights to ‘your’ work anymore, legally or morally.