Why are people in such a rush to get books out? Stories need time to be written. There’s no better feeling than thinking of the next scene, the ending, a plot twist, a character flaw. When an idea pops into your head and you just know you figured out the story’s soul, that’s what it’s all about. That’s what makes you a writer. To leave that antenna open to the muse, and showing up everyday until the signal comes. The other thing is how we measure success. It’s easy to just measure it by the amount of money you make and call it a day…. But this isn’t a job. This isn’t a normal exchange of hours for money. Any artist that’s worth their salt knows that their success is measured by the effect their art has on people. And finally, just because you have a story inside of you does not mean you are automatically supposed to write it. Everybody does have a story in them, but only some of them become authors, and for good reason. Others become musicians, painters, filmmakers, speakers, teachers, engineers. There is more than one way to tell your story. And we need all of them. I believe John was the only voice of reason in this panel, maybe next time we can hear an actual discussion-one on one-and not a loud group ganging up against one.
Joanna, you’re magnificent! I’ve listened to you for years push authors forward. Thank you for being forward-thinking, brave, and passionate. Yaaaeh, Joanna!
I'd use other words than forward thinking and brave on this topic - there's nothing brave about trying to save your own skin at the cost of your peers.
People who can't write (or are too lazy) flooding the market with books they didn't write, making it harder for those who do the hard work just to scratch a living. Who cares if they have a story to tell. Let them work at it like normal people. What satisfaction is there when a machine writes it for you?
If you use gen AI as an author you deserve everything that the world throws at you. If you don't want the job then get out of the way for people who do. It's disgraceful, selfish, greedy, immoral, short sighted behaviour. Learn to zoom out beyond the end of your own nose. You have a responsibility to your fellow creatives and the future of the craft. In future years when this blows over people will know who stood tall when the chips were down - and who sold their peers down the river.
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Why are people in such a rush to get books out? Stories need time to be written. There’s no better feeling than thinking of the next scene, the ending, a plot twist, a character flaw. When an idea pops into your head and you just know you figured out the story’s soul, that’s what it’s all about. That’s what makes you a writer. To leave that antenna open to the muse, and showing up everyday until the signal comes.
The other thing is how we measure success. It’s easy to just measure it by the amount of money you make and call it a day…. But this isn’t a job. This isn’t a normal exchange of hours for money. Any artist that’s worth their salt knows that their success is measured by the effect their art has on people.
And finally, just because you have a story inside of you does not mean you are automatically supposed to write it. Everybody does have a story in them, but only some of them become authors, and for good reason. Others become musicians, painters, filmmakers, speakers, teachers, engineers. There is more than one way to tell your story. And we need all of them.
I believe John was the only voice of reason in this panel, maybe next time we can hear an actual discussion-one on one-and not a loud group ganging up against one.
Thanks for your integrity on this topic Truby.
Joanna, you’re magnificent! I’ve listened to you for years push authors forward. Thank you for being forward-thinking, brave, and passionate. Yaaaeh, Joanna!
I'd use other words than forward thinking and brave on this topic - there's nothing brave about trying to save your own skin at the cost of your peers.
People who can't write (or are too lazy) flooding the market with books they didn't write, making it harder for those who do the hard work just to scratch a living. Who cares if they have a story to tell. Let them work at it like normal people. What satisfaction is there when a machine writes it for you?
Writing with AI seems more like an "amplifier" of greed than an improver of human creative potential.
Truby thinks we can put the car back inside the horse and keep driving the horses.
If you use gen AI as an author you deserve everything that the world throws at you. If you don't want the job then get out of the way for people who do. It's disgraceful, selfish, greedy, immoral, short sighted behaviour.
Learn to zoom out beyond the end of your own nose. You have a responsibility to your fellow creatives and the future of the craft.
In future years when this blows over people will know who stood tall when the chips were down - and who sold their peers down the river.