Grammar and Perfection and Books, Oh My!
I've thought long and hard about grammar, progress, change, and authenticity. Take a breath and hear me out with grace.
Right now, there are scores of people plugging prompts into a box and receiving AI generated stories. I write my stories myself. They take time to write, time to craft and polish. Generous people give their time to search through and find what I miss. And then, after all that, I have to say (yet another) prayer, press publish, and start the next book.
In some ways, such as speed and accuracy, I cannot compete with AI. But, in others, in my humanity and my ability to commune with God Almighty, AI cannot compete with me! My stories are laced with my own fallibility, and what God has taught me through it.
One "flaw" of human writers is dropping words. We can leave one out, while trying to type fast enough to capture the story spinning out in our heads. Another error happens when editing: I will reword a sentence, but part of the old will get left behind. Human brains are amazing, and many writers will not even see these errors, no matter how many times they read it, as their brain will fill it in for them, knowing what it was supposed to say! Even editors and proofreaders miss some of these!
I do not have a Harry Potter league of editors quadruple-checking my manuscripts, so this is going to happen. If you spot this kind of error, and the book is recent, by all means, let me know what chapter and the line it's in. If the series is finished, or there are two books published after it, please know that I have to let it go.
And then there's Good 'Ole English. A language composed of, ahem, borrowed
Right now, there are scores of people plugging prompts into a box and receiving AI generated stories. I write my stories myself. They take time to write, time to craft and polish. Generous people give their time to search through and find what I miss. And then, after all that, I have to say (yet another) prayer, press publish, and start the next book.
In some ways, such as speed and accuracy, I cannot compete with AI. But, in others, in my humanity and my ability to commune with God Almighty, AI cannot compete with me! My stories are laced with my own fallibility, and what God has taught me through it.
One "flaw" of human writers is dropping words. We can leave one out, while trying to type fast enough to capture the story spinning out in our heads. Another error happens when editing: I will reword a sentence, but part of the old will get left behind. Human brains are amazing, and many writers will not even see these errors, no matter how many times they read it, as their brain will fill it in for them, knowing what it was supposed to say! Even editors and proofreaders miss some of these!
I do not have a Harry Potter league of editors quadruple-checking my manuscripts, so this is going to happen. If you spot this kind of error, and the book is recent, by all means, let me know what chapter and the line it's in. If the series is finished, or there are two books published after it, please know that I have to let it go.
And then there's Good 'Ole English. A language composed of, ahem, borrowed
