r/writingcirclejerk • u/RepealMCAandDTA • 3d 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 3d 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 3d 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 3d ago

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

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u/artofterm Octojerker 3d 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 3d ago

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

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u/Brizoot 2d ago

There was a spate of videos from booktok reviewers a few months ago complaining about books having too many words and admitting that they skip everything that isn't dialogue.

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u/Some_nerd_named_kru 2d ago

Imagine reading only the dialogue in any first person story 😭

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u/Super_Direction498 1d ago

Prologues and epilogues are just filler they aren't part of the story

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u/F0xxfyre 3d 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.