Do you use AI to help you? Asking humbly to anyone out there. I'm seeking an answer.

Swordyelz · 2026-03-13T20:18:34+0000

HI, I'm a new writer here and I don't know how things go around in here, so I'm asking humbly here cause I'm a bit tangled up and confused as an amateur writer. Btw, I'm not a native English speaker, so forgive me deeply if this wasn't readable. So, if you have time, could you help me answer my concern? (Sorry if I wasn't clear in here.)

Here's my opinion and my experience:

My experience (Ain't lying here, fr):

Okay, so flashback.
In November 2025 I just had an idea, like I should make a story not as a novel but as a Manga or a Comic alike. Like sometimes when I don't do anything (like at night) I just catch myself daydreaming about something. So instead of making it losing why not make it a story? So I came up with several ideas. I made my world-building first, point out my character and faction, and make a timeline (like a historian, take it as a lore). and bam! I built it. This is done only by me without watching a single YouTube video, AI, or hearing any advice.

Fast forward.
In December 2025. I started writing my key view or whatever you call it, so basically it was like a conclusion of each volume's content.
Example from my key view, Vol 1 - This is where they go on a journey, Vol 4 - This is where they finally make it out to the destination, Vol 7 - Is where they start to uncover the truth about the world, and so on.
After I make my key view I start to make my draft. This is where I gotta open YouTube and watch a ton of videos on making a manga. From what I get is, I NEED A MEAT FIRST. The drawings can wait but the core story and everything that happens has to be written so that it doesn't get confused and knowing where the story is actually going. So, I wrote like 10+ draft chapters (I even included like "SFX" thing) and the other 10+ was like, oh in this chapter they only do this and this (only a dialogue, no narrative yet) with the help of translators like DeepL or the google translate itself. In this draft, I choose Third-person perspective because that's what I usually saw and see. I have a little experience to make a one-person perspective so I didn't choose it (it's kinda awkward too, to be honest.)
At first, everything was fine. UNTIL in mid December I realized. Why not making novel first and then draw a manga later? Like, I think it's gonna be good! AND. nope. It's not good at all.

Making a novel WASN'T SAME as making a "storyboard". You gotta watch for this and this and that. But am I stopping there? nope. I continued to write a novel and started to watch a whole bunch of ton of videos. In my mind was like, "Okay maybe writing as a novel first and then making a manga later would be so much easier."

In January 2026. Things do not go as planned, why? I don't have any feedback. I need it to see if I was wrong or good to go.
This is the crucial part. This is the first time I used AI asking like, "Hey can you give me some feedback on this?" and they were just like. "AW MAN, HELL NAH."
I'm REALLY SAD when I actually saw that. Yes, I am. You might think like "Why do you even care about feedback from a robot that doesn't even have a soul?"
Bro, at that time I didn't know which friend or which person I should ask. Cause I'm writing it in English and in my country, almost everyone wasn't good at English class, Lucky for me I excel in it but not everyone... even for my family too.
And yes. I didn't come up to my other friends who are good at English and asked them to give me feedback on my draft cause I'm shy. Yeah. What coward eh? (I also don't know where to get a proper beta-readers sooo... yeah.)
They (AI) also tell me that my draft is much more like a web serial instead of a traditional book (kinda confusing at first) and I look out for what a web serial looks like. So, I searched on some platform and I chose Scribble Hub. Cause they said the community here is mostly chill but serious too. (And I found the web design here is more friendly to beginners! I love it. Shout out to the creators of SH.)

Okay. So, time skips, from that day on. I kept writing my draft and asking AI to give me feedback. NOT GENERATING story, would be a low for me (and I'm aware that people aren't gonna like it, so... why would I do it? Obviously.)
What kind of feedback do I ask? everything. But from what I get, the AI always tells me that:
1. Always switching between the present and past tense (very bad)
2. Some verb and spelling are missing
3. Confusing part, sometimes I point out this and that but it doesn't give any explanation. So it's hanging there. For example, I wrote the lights being flicked when she got there. But the AI asks, "Where were they when they flicked it?" Yeah. make senses too.
4. And some phrases are repeated again and again OR they just feel clunky.
5. It's too long. Readers might get bored. AI said "Just trim it, man."

And how did I apply it? I look out for the errors that they pointed out and fixing it. If things get too long I asked them "Can you revise for me?"

At first, I accept this. THEN! I start to suspect. My voice is gone. Yeah. Cause not they change my verb but also they fix my dialogue too and add some things that aren't even there. SO, In mid January. I start to take things very seriously. Numbers 3, 4, and 5 are where I am aware. I return to my original manuscript (very first) and do this:
I put out 3 tabs. One is mine, the other is AI, and the other is a new file. I compare it and see where it's wrong. I start to change my prompt. Instead of asking "Hey feedback please?" I asked "Hey could you point out every error and explain why?" So that way. I could learning and grow even more. I started fixing things MYSELF and not asking AI to revise it for me. And to be more sure what I learn is correct, I watch YouTube videos too, and yeah a lot of it is correct.

The result? for my perspective. I actually really change a lot. I got a lot of insight, I got more ideas, and things to fix. Over time, I got used to it. I could fix some of the verbs, keeping consistency on past tense in some paragraphs.
The downside? I'M STUCK! >:(
for almost a month I was only able to revise 5 Chapters only, the other chapters are barely revised :( again and again. I'm getting tired.

SO, time skip again. In mid February, I look for a grammar check and an alternative (I can't use AI for just small problems). Yes, I do this late. I found a lot, and most of them? Premium. I can't afford it. BUT luckily I found a few that are helping me.
I found 3 apps, Quill bot, Language tool, and ProWritingAid (I use this for reference, not fixing. They got a lot of useful stuff like readability and summary stuff. helps me with the story) How about Grammarly? Nah I skip. too demanding a premium. (at first)

The result here? :(
Bad, not that bad. but pretty bad. They act like AI but with a few errors. Quill bot add present tense and I am forced to use Grammarly and they are confused because the suggestions are mixed up. Sometimes it was right, sometimes it wasn't. I had put extra works for this one (still helping a lot though). So I mixed, wrote, and revised my chapters using the Grammarly app, then I used AI to check the errors here. Afterward, I checked it up myself.

In late February, I found my courage. I reached out to one of my friends and asked for a feedback from my revised chapter. Their reaction? surprise and support. Turns out, it's not that bad. I get more ideas after talking to them, even though they don't suggest it. So I changed it again. This time, AI was barely for feedback as a reader only. Like "Do you enjoy this?" that's all (Even though their answer are mostly the same, about the verb and clarity but I started to ignored it).

In March, I found more courage to finally plan and post it on a web serial platform and maybe ask for feedback and advice too. Which is exactly what I'm doing right now.

My opinion (I'm going bold for this one. Some of you might not agree with me or maybe none, this is just my opinion only, everyone can have their own, right? right?):

I don't know why but when AI writing exists some people are just getting mad because it's made up? and it's faster than normal people do. I get it, I get it. "AI can't replace humans." but... that doesn't mean they can't help? I mean seriously? Yeah, AI could be a helping tools too. After all, they made up for helping not replacing. AI can make mistakes too (said every creator of AI). BUT that also doesn't mean you gotta "Hey chat, generate me a story of this and this."
The context here is helping as a tool. Not generating.
I agree that you can't generate a story and let the AI do the heavy lifting for you while you just rest and relax.

But from all of this conflict. The impact.
I'm actually kinda sad for this one.
Some of the people who aren't using AI could be flagged as AI-generated just because their writing (or image) looks much more like an AI. When they actually don't.
Some are embracing the use of AI completely, some use it as a tool, and some just don't trust it at all.

My question:

I always wanted to ask this. I'm not mad and not blaming too. I'm just... confused.
Why do people hate using AI as a tool? Cause they can't think like us? Cause it's bad? Cause lot of misuses it and now you want to prove that real authenticity is from humans alone? Bro, AI is made from humans and they are learning too. Is not the AI that is the problem but I think human that are wrong to use it.

(Okay I'm a bit frustrating for this, but I want to say it out loud)
IF IT'S BAD? THEN AT LEAST, PUT A GODDAMN RULES ON HOW TO USE IT. OR SAY DON'T USE IT AT ALL.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. for lashing out. Because I really tangled up on all of this thing. The AI and stuff. I know I should've been polite to say that, but I can't. Because I don't know which or which are True. On this side said this and on the other side said this. How am I supposed to know it or write properly when the writing style itself was being questioning of using generated AI?

If I'm using the app, the big premium wall holds me and the errors are killing me. If I'm using AI, some flag it when I'm just looking for a free option that the world is offering.

Sooooo, there it's my question. I don't know if the creator of SH should put rules for using an AI. BUT, that could be helping A LOT too.

You might thinking I'm looking for validation here? YES I AM. In fact, I need confirmation whether what I'm doing is wrong or not before I'm going too deep and can't fix a damn thing. I need to see if I'm wrong. And if I'm wrong. As a logical human would do. Yes I would change. Therefore. I need an answer (and advice).
I'm being honest here. God knows if I lied.

Okay, that's all. Sorry if I was bad. I know I was new here, and sorry if I'm disrespecting someone. Hope you have a great day. I'm sleepy. It's 3 AM in here. Peace! Love you ALL!

Oh, also. I screenshot some of AI response. I don't know, it's a bit ironic when AI said this and humans just like blaming each other. I took this picture at February 10 2026. Kinda hilarious to think of (for me). See ya!

Conqueror_Quack · 2026-03-13T20:22:02+0000

Oh boy I sure do hope that the replies here will be civil with no strawmanning and the thread doesn't get derailed and locked.

Assurbanipal_II · 2026-03-13T20:26:03+0000

Swordyelz said:
HI, I'm a new writer here and I don't know how things go around in here, so I'm asking humbly here cause I'm a bit tangled up and confused as an amateur writer. Btw, I'm not a native English speaker, so forgive me deeply if this wasn't readable. So, if you have time, could you help me answer my concern? (Sorry if I wasn't clear in here.)

Here's my opinion and my experience:
My experience (Ain't lying here, fr):
Okay, so flashback.
In November 2025 I just had an idea, like I should make a story not as a novel but as a Manga or a Comic alike. Like sometimes when I don't do anything (like at night) I just catch myself daydreaming about something. So instead of making it losing why not make it a story? So I came up with several ideas. I made my world-building first, point out my character and faction, and make a timeline (like a historian, take it as a lore). and bam! I built it. This is done only by me without watching a single YouTube video, AI, or hearing any advice.

Fast forward.
In December 2025. I started writing my key view or whatever you call it, so basically it was like a conclusion of each volume's content.
Example from my key view, Vol 1 - This is where they go on a journey, Vol 4 - This is where they finally make it out to the destination, Vol 7 - Is where they start to uncover the truth about the world, and so on.
After I make my key view I start to make my draft. This is where I gotta open YouTube and watch a ton of videos on making a manga. From what I get is, I NEED A MEAT FIRST. The drawings can wait but the core story and everything that happens has to be written so that it doesn't get confused and knowing where the story is actually going. So, I wrote like 10+ draft chapters (I even included like "SFX" thing) and the other 10+ was like, oh in this chapter they only do this and this (only a dialogue, no narrative yet) with the help of translators like DeepL or the google translate itself. In this draft, I choose Third-person perspective because that's what I usually saw and see. I have a little experience to make a one-person perspective so I didn't choose it (it's kinda awkward too, to be honest.)
At first, everything was fine. UNTIL in mid December I realized. Why not making novel first and then draw a manga later? Like, I think it's gonna be good! AND. nope. It's not good at all.

Making a novel WASN'T SAME as making a "storyboard". You gotta watch for this and this and that. But am I stopping there? nope. I continued to write a novel and started to watch a whole bunch of ton of videos. In my mind was like, "Okay maybe writing as a novel first and then making a manga later would be so much easier."

In January 2026. Things do not go as planned, why? I don't have any feedback. I need it to see if I was wrong or good to go.
This is the crucial part. This is the first time I used AI asking like, "Hey can you give me some feedback on this?" and they were just like. "AW MAN, HELL NAH."
I'm REALLY SAD when I actually saw that. Yes, I am. You might think like "Why do you even care about feedback from a robot that doesn't even have a soul?"
Bro, at that time I didn't know which friend or which person I should ask. Cause I'm writing it in English and in my country, almost everyone wasn't good at English class, Lucky for me I excel in it but not everyone... even for my family too.
And yes. I didn't come up to my other friends who are good at English and asked them to give me feedback on my draft cause I'm shy. Yeah. What coward eh? (I also don't know where to get a proper beta-readers sooo... yeah.)
They (AI) also tell me that my draft is much more like a web serial instead of a traditional book (kinda confusing at first) and I look out for what a web serial looks like. So, I searched on some platform and I chose Scribble Hub. Cause they said the community here is mostly chill but serious too. (And I found the web design here is more friendly to beginners! I love it. Shout out to the creators of SH.)

Okay. So, time skips, from that day on. I kept writing my draft and asking AI to give me feedback. NOT GENERATING story, would be a low for me (and I'm aware that people aren't gonna like it, so... why would I do it? Obviously.)
What kind of feedback do I ask? everything. But from what I get, the AI always tells me that:
1. Always switching between the present and past tense (very bad)
2. Some verb and spelling are missing
3. Confusing part, sometimes I point out this and that but it doesn't give any explanation. So it's hanging there. For example, I wrote the lights being flicked when she got there. But the AI asks, "Where were they when they flicked it?" Yeah. make senses too.
4. And some phrases are repeated again and again OR they just feel clunky.
5. It's too long. Readers might get bored. AI said "Just trim it, man."

And how did I apply it? I look out for the errors that they pointed out and fixing it. If things get too long I asked them "Can you revise for me?"

At first, I accept this. THEN! I start to suspect. My voice is gone. Yeah. Cause not they change my verb but also they fix my dialogue too and add some things that aren't even there. SO, In mid January. I start to take things very seriously. Numbers 3, 4, and 5 are where I am aware. I return to my original manuscript (very first) and do this:
I put out 3 tabs. One is mine, the other is AI, and the other is a new file. I compare it and see where it's wrong. I start to change my prompt. Instead of asking "Hey feedback please?" I asked "Hey could you point out every error and explain why?" So that way. I could learning and grow even more. I started fixing things MYSELF and not asking AI to revise it for me. And to be more sure what I learn is correct, I watch YouTube videos too, and yeah a lot of it is correct.

The result? for my perspective. I actually really change a lot. I got a lot of insight, I got more ideas, and things to fix. Over time, I got used to it. I could fix some of the verbs, keeping consistency on past tense in some paragraphs.
The downside? I'M STUCK! >:(
for almost a month I was only able to revise 5 Chapters only, the other chapters are barely revised :( again and again. I'm getting tired.

SO, time skip again. In mid February, I look for a grammar check and an alternative (I can't use AI for just small problems). Yes, I do this late. I found a lot, and most of them? Premium. I can't afford it. BUT luckily I found a few that are helping me.
I found 3 apps, Quill bot, Language tool, and ProWritingAid (I use this for reference, not fixing. They got a lot of useful stuff like readability and summary stuff. helps me with the story) How about Grammarly? Nah I skip. too demanding a premium. (at first)

The result here? :(
Bad, not that bad. but pretty bad. They act like AI but with a few errors. Quill bot add present tense and I am forced to use Grammarly and they are confused because the suggestions are mixed up. Sometimes it was right, sometimes it wasn't. I had put extra works for this one (still helping a lot though). So I mixed, wrote, and revised my chapters using the Grammarly app, then I used AI to check the errors here. Afterward, I checked it up myself.

In late February, I found my courage. I reached out to one of my friends and asked for a feedback from my revised chapter. Their reaction? surprise and support. Turns out, it's not that bad. I get more ideas after talking to them, even though they don't suggest it. So I changed it again. This time, AI was barely for feedback as a reader only. Like "Do you enjoy this?" that's all (Even though their answer are mostly the same, about the verb and clarity but I started to ignored it).

In March, I found more courage to finally plan and post it on a web serial platform and maybe ask for feedback and advice too. Which is exactly what I'm doing right now.

My opinion (I'm going bold for this one. Some of you might not agree with me or maybe none, this is just my opinion only, everyone can have their own, right? right?):
I don't know why but when AI writing exists some people are just getting mad because it's made up? and it's faster than normal people do. I get it, I get it. "AI can't replace humans." but... that doesn't mean they can't help? I mean seriously? Yeah, AI could be a helping tools too. After all, they made up for helping not replacing. AI can make mistakes too (said every creator of AI). BUT that also doesn't mean you gotta "Hey chat, generate me a story of this and this."
The context here is helping as a tool. Not generating.
I agree that you can't generate a story and let the AI do the heavy lifting for you while you just rest and relax.

But from all of this conflict. The impact.
I'm actually kinda sad for this one.
Some of the people who aren't using AI could be flagged as AI-generated just because their writing (or image) looks much more like an AI. When they actually don't.
Some are embracing the use of AI completely, some use it as a tool, and some just don't trust it at all.

My question:
I always wanted to ask this. I'm not mad and not blaming too. I'm just... confused.
Why do people hate using AI as a tool? Cause they can't think like us? Cause it's bad? Cause lot of misuses it and now you want to prove that real authenticity is from humans alone? Bro, AI is made from humans and they are learning too. Is not the AI that is the problem but I think human that are wrong to use it.

(Okay I'm a bit frustrating for this, but I want to say it out loud)
IF IT'S BAD? THEN AT LEAST, PUT A GODDAMN RULES ON HOW TO USE IT. OR SAY DON'T USE IT AT ALL.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. for lashing out. Because I really tangled up on all of this thing. The AI and stuff. I know I should've been polite to say that, but I can't. Because I don't know which or which are True. On this side said this and on the other side said this. How am I supposed to know it or write properly when the writing style itself was being questioning of using generated AI?

If I'm using the app, the big premium wall holds me and the errors are killing me. If I'm using AI, some flag it when I'm just looking for a free option that the world is offering.

Sooooo, there it's my question. I don't know if the creator of SH should put rules for using an AI. BUT, that could be helping A LOT too.

You might thinking I'm looking for validation here? YES I AM. In fact, I need confirmation whether what I'm doing is wrong or not before I'm going too deep and can't fix a damn thing. I need to see if I'm wrong. And if I'm wrong. As a logical human would do. Yes I would change. Therefore. I need an answer (and advice).
I'm being honest here. God knows if I lied.

Okay, that's all. Sorry if I was bad. I know I was new here, and sorry if I'm disrespecting someone. Hope you have a great day. I'm sleepy. It's 3 AM in here. Peace! Love you ALL!

Oh, also. I screenshot some of AI response. I don't know, it's a bit ironic when AI said this and humans just like blaming each other. I took this picture at February 10 2026. Kinda hilarious to think of (for me). See ya!

It is an industrial slop machine that will destroy you and us all.

Aside from that, there is already a rule in place.

Swordyelz · 2026-03-13T20:26:38+0000

Conqueror_Quack said:
View attachment 47489
Oh boy I sure do hope that the replies here will be civil with no strawmanning and the thread doesn't get derailed and locked.

For real bro, I'm dead

. But at least I get some insight and perspective from a fellow writers.

Assurbanipal_II said:
It is an industrial slop machine that will destroy you and us all.

Aside from that, there is already a rule in place.

Really? I'm sorry. I might don't see it. Could you point it out where? Cause all I see was like don't use AI (my bad).
I will read it later though if there was a rule of using AI.

Dec · 2026-03-13T20:30:25+0000

Swordyelz said:
Why do people hate using AI as a tool?

Because it overwrites the story. It kills the author's voice, makes it general, plain, and simplified; making it look and feel like 69420 others out there that use similar methods ("AI help").
Plus, due to how those models were trained, all their "improvements" to your story is nothing more than plagiarising works it was trained upon.

Swordyelz said:
Sooooo, there it's my question. I don't know if the creator of SH should put rules for using an AI. BUT, that could be helping A LOT too.

There are rules about this. Works written by AI are disallowed here.

Content Guidelines | Scribble Hub

www.scribblehub.com

Swordyelz said:
I need confirmation whether what I'm doing is wrong or not before I'm going too deep and can't fix a damn thing

It is wrong, yes.
What you are doing is basically outsourcing your brain to a machine that cannot innovate, only regurgitate the contents, trying to show you exactly what you want (doesn't matter if the content it returns is true or not).
If you keep using it, you will never learn. BAH, your knowledge will deteriorate with time, plus you will learn bad practices.

So, stop relying on it for writing and/or correcting stuff. Brainstorming/research at most, if you must.

AliceMoonvale · 2026-03-13T20:31:01+0000

Conqueror_Quack said:
View attachment 47489
Oh boy I sure do hope that the replies here will be civil with no strawmanning and the thread doesn't get derailed and locked.

That's a tall order Quacky me'boy.

Swordyelz said:
HI, I'm a new writer here and I don't know how things go around in here, so I'm asking humbly here cause I'm a bit tangled up and confused as an amateur writer. Btw, I'm not a native English speaker, so forgive me deeply if this wasn't readable. So, if you have time, could you help me answer my concern? (Sorry if I wasn't clear in here.)

Here's my opinion and my experience:
My experience (Ain't lying here, fr):
Okay, so flashback.
In November 2025 I just had an idea, like I should make a story not as a novel but as a Manga or a Comic alike. Like sometimes when I don't do anything (like at night) I just catch myself daydreaming about something. So instead of making it losing why not make it a story? So I came up with several ideas. I made my world-building first, point out my character and faction, and make a timeline (like a historian, take it as a lore). and bam! I built it. This is done only by me without watching a single YouTube video, AI, or hearing any advice.

Fast forward.
In December 2025. I started writing my key view or whatever you call it, so basically it was like a conclusion of each volume's content.
Example from my key view, Vol 1 - This is where they go on a journey, Vol 4 - This is where they finally make it out to the destination, Vol 7 - Is where they start to uncover the truth about the world, and so on.
After I make my key view I start to make my draft. This is where I gotta open YouTube and watch a ton of videos on making a manga. From what I get is, I NEED A MEAT FIRST. The drawings can wait but the core story and everything that happens has to be written so that it doesn't get confused and knowing where the story is actually going. So, I wrote like 10+ draft chapters (I even included like "SFX" thing) and the other 10+ was like, oh in this chapter they only do this and this (only a dialogue, no narrative yet) with the help of translators like DeepL or the google translate itself. In this draft, I choose Third-person perspective because that's what I usually saw and see. I have a little experience to make a one-person perspective so I didn't choose it (it's kinda awkward too, to be honest.)
At first, everything was fine. UNTIL in mid December I realized. Why not making novel first and then draw a manga later? Like, I think it's gonna be good! AND. nope. It's not good at all.

Making a novel WASN'T SAME as making a "storyboard". You gotta watch for this and this and that. But am I stopping there? nope. I continued to write a novel and started to watch a whole bunch of ton of videos. In my mind was like, "Okay maybe writing as a novel first and then making a manga later would be so much easier."

In January 2026. Things do not go as planned, why? I don't have any feedback. I need it to see if I was wrong or good to go.
This is the crucial part. This is the first time I used AI asking like, "Hey can you give me some feedback on this?" and they were just like. "AW MAN, HELL NAH."
I'm REALLY SAD when I actually saw that. Yes, I am. You might think like "Why do you even care about feedback from a robot that doesn't even have a soul?"
Bro, at that time I didn't know which friend or which person I should ask. Cause I'm writing it in English and in my country, almost everyone wasn't good at English class, Lucky for me I excel in it but not everyone... even for my family too.
And yes. I didn't come up to my other friends who are good at English and asked them to give me feedback on my draft cause I'm shy. Yeah. What coward eh? (I also don't know where to get a proper beta-readers sooo... yeah.)
They (AI) also tell me that my draft is much more like a web serial instead of a traditional book (kinda confusing at first) and I look out for what a web serial looks like. So, I searched on some platform and I chose Scribble Hub. Cause they said the community here is mostly chill but serious too. (And I found the web design here is more friendly to beginners! I love it. Shout out to the creators of SH.)

Okay. So, time skips, from that day on. I kept writing my draft and asking AI to give me feedback. NOT GENERATING story, would be a low for me (and I'm aware that people aren't gonna like it, so... why would I do it? Obviously.)
What kind of feedback do I ask? everything. But from what I get, the AI always tells me that:
1. Always switching between the present and past tense (very bad)
2. Some verb and spelling are missing
3. Confusing part, sometimes I point out this and that but it doesn't give any explanation. So it's hanging there. For example, I wrote the lights being flicked when she got there. But the AI asks, "Where were they when they flicked it?" Yeah. make senses too.
4. And some phrases are repeated again and again OR they just feel clunky.
5. It's too long. Readers might get bored. AI said "Just trim it, man."

And how did I apply it? I look out for the errors that they pointed out and fixing it. If things get too long I asked them "Can you revise for me?"

At first, I accept this. THEN! I start to suspect. My voice is gone. Yeah. Cause not they change my verb but also they fix my dialogue too and add some things that aren't even there. SO, In mid January. I start to take things very seriously. Numbers 3, 4, and 5 are where I am aware. I return to my original manuscript (very first) and do this:
I put out 3 tabs. One is mine, the other is AI, and the other is a new file. I compare it and see where it's wrong. I start to change my prompt. Instead of asking "Hey feedback please?" I asked "Hey could you point out every error and explain why?" So that way. I could learning and grow even more. I started fixing things MYSELF and not asking AI to revise it for me. And to be more sure what I learn is correct, I watch YouTube videos too, and yeah a lot of it is correct.

The result? for my perspective. I actually really change a lot. I got a lot of insight, I got more ideas, and things to fix. Over time, I got used to it. I could fix some of the verbs, keeping consistency on past tense in some paragraphs.
The downside? I'M STUCK! >:(
for almost a month I was only able to revise 5 Chapters only, the other chapters are barely revised :( again and again. I'm getting tired.

SO, time skip again. In mid February, I look for a grammar check and an alternative (I can't use AI for just small problems). Yes, I do this late. I found a lot, and most of them? Premium. I can't afford it. BUT luckily I found a few that are helping me.
I found 3 apps, Quill bot, Language tool, and ProWritingAid (I use this for reference, not fixing. They got a lot of useful stuff like readability and summary stuff. helps me with the story) How about Grammarly? Nah I skip. too demanding a premium. (at first)

The result here? :(
Bad, not that bad. but pretty bad. They act like AI but with a few errors. Quill bot add present tense and I am forced to use Grammarly and they are confused because the suggestions are mixed up. Sometimes it was right, sometimes it wasn't. I had put extra works for this one (still helping a lot though). So I mixed, wrote, and revised my chapters using the Grammarly app, then I used AI to check the errors here. Afterward, I checked it up myself.

In late February, I found my courage. I reached out to one of my friends and asked for a feedback from my revised chapter. Their reaction? surprise and support. Turns out, it's not that bad. I get more ideas after talking to them, even though they don't suggest it. So I changed it again. This time, AI was barely for feedback as a reader only. Like "Do you enjoy this?" that's all (Even though their answer are mostly the same, about the verb and clarity but I started to ignored it).

In March, I found more courage to finally plan and post it on a web serial platform and maybe ask for feedback and advice too. Which is exactly what I'm doing right now.

My opinion (I'm going bold for this one. Some of you might not agree with me or maybe none, this is just my opinion only, everyone can have their own, right? right?):
I don't know why but when AI writing exists some people are just getting mad because it's made up? and it's faster than normal people do. I get it, I get it. "AI can't replace humans." but... that doesn't mean they can't help? I mean seriously? Yeah, AI could be a helping tools too. After all, they made up for helping not replacing. AI can make mistakes too (said every creator of AI). BUT that also doesn't mean you gotta "Hey chat, generate me a story of this and this."
The context here is helping as a tool. Not generating.
I agree that you can't generate a story and let the AI do the heavy lifting for you while you just rest and relax.

But from all of this conflict. The impact.
I'm actually kinda sad for this one.
Some of the people who aren't using AI could be flagged as AI-generated just because their writing (or image) looks much more like an AI. When they actually don't.
Some are embracing the use of AI completely, some use it as a tool, and some just don't trust it at all.

My question:
I always wanted to ask this. I'm not mad and not blaming too. I'm just... confused.
Why do people hate using AI as a tool? Cause they can't think like us? Cause it's bad? Cause lot of misuses it and now you want to prove that real authenticity is from humans alone? Bro, AI is made from humans and they are learning too. Is not the AI that is the problem but I think human that are wrong to use it.

(Okay I'm a bit frustrating for this, but I want to say it out loud)
IF IT'S BAD? THEN AT LEAST, PUT A GODDAMN RULES ON HOW TO USE IT. OR SAY DON'T USE IT AT ALL.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. for lashing out. Because I really tangled up on all of this thing. The AI and stuff. I know I should've been polite to say that, but I can't. Because I don't know which or which are True. On this side said this and on the other side said this. How am I supposed to know it or write properly when the writing style itself was being questioning of using generated AI?

If I'm using the app, the big premium wall holds me and the errors are killing me. If I'm using AI, some flag it when I'm just looking for a free option that the world is offering.

Sooooo, there it's my question. I don't know if the creator of SH should put rules for using an AI. BUT, that could be helping A LOT too.

You might thinking I'm looking for validation here? YES I AM. In fact, I need confirmation whether what I'm doing is wrong or not before I'm going too deep and can't fix a damn thing. I need to see if I'm wrong. And if I'm wrong. As a logical human would do. Yes I would change. Therefore. I need an answer (and advice).
I'm being honest here. God knows if I lied.

Okay, that's all. Sorry if I was bad. I know I was new here, and sorry if I'm disrespecting someone. Hope you have a great day. I'm sleepy. It's 3 AM in here. Peace! Love you ALL!

Oh, also. I screenshot some of AI response. I don't know, it's a bit ironic when AI said this and humans just like blaming each other. I took this picture at February 10 2026. Kinda hilarious to think of (for me). See ya!

So, I like to write diaries, but not actually read them in forums.

tl;dr: There are site rules about AI, I suggest reading up on scribblehub rules when you get the chance, might help.

That being said, in general, if you use ai to help you because you're not a native english speaker, that's fine, but try and stick to actual translators and not rely on LLMs like Grok. Machines will hallucinate and change your voice, you'll sound and look like an idiot this way. Especially since LLMs like chatgpt have a very specific way of 'speaking'. That pattern is highly scrutinized by anyone familiar with it, so just be aware.

FRWriter · 2026-03-13T20:31:55+0000

Never seen such a chaotic and confusing post.

What do you even want?

I'll just tell you what you want to hear:

You are a good boy.

Keep doing it, it's totally fine.

We all agree with you.

For real, though.

Use AI for WHATEVER you want. It is not authors but readers who will judge you. Do you want some kind of author hall pass? Everyone else has a different opinion.
It is your responsibility to decide how much AI assistance you need. Generally speaking, AI is still easily recognizable and keeps destroying stories. So the less you use, the better your story will turn out, if you can guarantee certain standards.

I'd still argue just use AI for grammar/spelling/formatting at most. You can always ask people and not AI for advice... if AI could accurately decide and understand how a successful story is constructed, then it would be able to create a great story... which, according to my knowledge, hasn't happened yet.

So use as little as possible, or if you can, don't use it at all.

Swordyelz · 2026-03-13T20:33:40+0000

Dec said:
There are rules about this. Works written by AI are disallowed here.

Oh that rule. I already read that. but, the problem here is. I'm not generating a stories. I wrote it myself.

FRWriter said:
Use AI for WHATEVER you want. It is not authors but readers who will judge you. Do you want some kind of author hall pass? Everyone else has a different opinion.
It is your responsibility to decide how much AI assistance you need. Generally speaking, AI is still easily recognizable and keeps destroying stories. So the less you use, the better your story will turn out, if you can guarantee certain standards.

I'd still argue just use AI for grammar/spelling/formatting at most. You can always ask people and not AI for advice... if AI could accurately decide and understand how a successful story is constructed, then it would be able to create a great story... which, according to my knowledge, hasn't happened yet.

So use as little as possible, or if you can, don't use it at all.

This is it. That's all I need bro. I'm just seeking an answer here.

FRWriter · 2026-03-13T20:37:29+0000

Swordyelz said:
Oh that rule. I already read that. but, the problem here is. I'm not generating a stories. I wrote it myself.

AI Generated Stories - Stories created mostly by AI will be rejected. You can use AI to help create your stories but most of the story should still be written by you.

If you have AI reword/tweak/improve/edit your story, you are within the rules.

If you write 10 lines of random stuff and then tell the AI to turn it into a story, your story is banned.

If you write the entire story yourself, but AI "improves" it, by replacing like 30-40% of your content, your story is allowed...

Doesn't mean it will be any good, though.

Envylope · 2026-03-13T20:39:39+0000

You can use AI as a tool if you want. I dislike AI, and I would rather see authors learning themselves. The problem is that most people who use it as a "tool" don't actually do that. They end up outsourcing all of their thinking to the program and assume it's correct. If you want to use AI as a tool, you should not simply copy its text.

You should write the text it tells you and think about the corrections it makes. Does this make sense? Perhaps ask a trusted author to corroborate or disprove what the AI is saying. When you offload all of this stuff and just start copying, you will never learn how to do it yourself. It's like cheating on a friend's homework. (Well, in the case of AI, it would be cheating using a friend who is consistently wrong and a hallucinating schizo.)

AliceMoonvale · 2026-03-13T20:57:41+0000

Use it for normal things. Use an LLM as google search bar +

I use it to ask questions about things I genuinely don't know and would struggle just blindly searching with my ADHD, or brainstorm ideas. Granted, it's ideas are usually ass but some suggestions prompt me to think more, eventually coming up with better polished ideas myself and telling chatgpt to suck an egg. (Unless sometimes it roasts my ass for thinking two words mean the same thing when they don't because I'm retarded)

But yeah, never be like: Write me the first chapter of a story about Boh Mingle becoming an all powerful martial artist through the power of his mystical pairs of designer Calvin Klein thongs. -copy and paste-

Zagaroth · 2026-03-13T21:03:52+0000

I use it in 1 limited way:

I have free grammarly, which I use to catch the things that the spellchecker in libre office does not catch, such as incorrect/missing punctuation. But I only have it installed on chrome, which is not my primary browser, so it is not giving me feedback while I am writing, or while I am posting in forums, etc..

Also, that is only for my first-pass clean up. This gets posted to my Patreon and Discord, and that version will get edited by my wife before it goes live on here and RR.

More editing happens between there and anything that gets published, now that I have a contract.

NapLovingImmortal · 2026-03-13T21:08:28+0000

The problem is not using AI, but how it is used. In principle, you could prompt and train it to not change your writing style and only correct your grammar. That is not hard at all, and it would remove the AI undertone while keeping your own voice intact.

However, AI users are lazy. They will not bother to revise their work even once and instead post it instantly. mind you, it takes five seconds to generate or correct grammar.

And this is where the problem starts. The average AI user is too lazy to edit their story themselves. Poor English is no excuse. I started writing with DeepL years ago and somehow learned enough to write normally now. I invested time.

Overall, there is zero reason or excuse to have an AI undertone. Even if you are using AI, stop being so lazy and posting the unprompted and unedited version.

Makimaam · 2026-03-13T21:21:59+0000

@Grok, summarize thi—

FRWriter said:
AI Generated Stories - Stories created mostly by AI will be rejected. You can use AI to help create your stories but most of the story should still be written by you.

If you have AI reword/tweak/improve/edit your story, you are within the rules.

If you write 10 lines of random stuff and then tell the AI to turn it into a story, your story is banned.
If you write the entire story yourself, but AI "improves" it, by replacing like 30-40% of your content, your story is allowed...

Doesn't mean it will be any good, though.

The moment you have AI reword your story even using sth like Grammarly, running your writing through an AI detector will get a high AI score. And if you apply that to an entire chapter, it will likely be tagged as AI-generated even if the story is yours and you only asked AI to refine your voice. It will be hard to prove otherwise if every AI detector marks it as 100% AI.

To OP:

My advice for new authors especially when English isn’t your first language: I know how tempting it is to have something fix things for you in a few seconds, but it will replace the natural cadence of your voice.

Readers won’t mind if there are mistakes here and there. Most are here to read the story, not to be pedantic about grammar. I saw a story written by someone with broken English trend here on SH a couple of years ago. So you shouldn’t let that perfection get in the way. Because if you interact with AI enough, whether you like it or not, it will change your voice and as an ESL author you wouldn’t even know.

The most famous fic on RR is written by an ESL author. There is no excuse.

Secondly, AI tends to glaze you when giving feedback. Seek actual feedback from human readers. Human readers are flawed. They can skim. They can get bored. They can miss the context. And that’s exactly what you want. You want to know what makes them skim, what makes them bored, what confuses them. AI will read everything and tell you your work is amazing or has potential, while a real reader might drop it in the first paragraph.

Th3Breadnought · 2026-03-13T21:26:48+0000

My story includes political elements, and has supplemental content including fictional legislation that I thought of and made, but used AI to format to make look like real bills. And occasionally when writing about subjects I don't understand- firearms, for example- I'd do a combination of AI led research and asking people I know.

But I never use AI to write anything in my chapters or give me ideas.

Here's what I see as the problems of use of AI in creative spaces like writing, as someone who is otherwise cautiously optimistic about AI's potential in society:

First, someone isn't really thinking creatively or deeply if they "write with AI". They're doing macro level surface work and outsourcing the actual deeper, harder, meaningful work while claiming to be engaging in a form of art that for others is a genuine labor of love, sweat, and tears. Navigating writer's block, worldbuilding, character design, editing. The activities that exercise your creative muscles, and improve you- all outsourced to systems that don't experience that, hallucinate, and forget context after so many tokens.

Not only is it ultimately worse quality, it stops people from achieving potential via delegation and atrophy. And then it buries the work of genuine, talented, passionate writers who struggle through the unglamorous aspects of the craft in the firehose; making it harder to be found, noticed, and recieve feedback and recognition.

I play guitar on RockBand and pick some awesome songs. I don't stand next to actual musicians and song writers and say "I'm just like you. How do I get booked in this venue?"

And I don't mean this as an attack on you specifically. Give writing yourself, without AI, a try.

Dec · 2026-03-13T21:26:57+0000

Makimaam said:
It will be hard to prove otherwise if every AI detector marks it as 100% AI

Whoever is relying on those detectors is, in the lack of a better word, an utter idiot.
Do not rely on those. Ever. Else you might destroy someone by accident.

Proof in the spoiler below.

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In the glistening, crystalline, most utterly alabaster expanse of an otherwise unnoteworthy winter morning—wherein each snowflake pirouetted in gravity’s gentle embrace as though choreographed by the invisible hand of a wistful frost-ghost—the fox jumped.

Yes. Jumped.

But before this jump—nay, this majestic propulsion of vulpine vivacity—there was silence. Pregnant silence. Not a silence of absence, but a silence full of potential, like a taut string humming with destiny, or perhaps like soup waiting to be microwaved.

The fox, whose name might have been Rendalorian (though none had asked), paused. The wind tousled his fur with the flirtatious grace of a thousand feathery whispers made corporeal, and his amber eyes stared deeply into the unspeaking snowdrift. Beneath it, a mouse? Or the Idea of a Mouse? Or perhaps his own self-doubt, buried?

He twitched.

A twitch that echoed across the ages of instinct, passed down from ancestor to ancestor in a sacred muscle memory of hunger and hope.

And then—

Explosion! Not of flame, nor light, but of paws—four of them, all present and accounted for—launched skyward in defiance of the tyrannical ground. Snow erupted around him in a paradoxical quiet cacophony, each flake recoiling as though personally affronted by the sudden disruption of their static choreography.

He arced. Oh, how he arced. The arc of that jump rivaled the curve of fate itself, if fate were a cold, soft thing made of ice crystals and regret.

Time stopped. Probably. Or maybe it didn’t. The narrative forgot to check.

And then—contact. The landing, less a fall than a poetic punctuation, marked the end of the jump and the beginning of the next phase: standing still, now with 73% more dignity. Whether the mouse existed was irrelevant. The jump had been.

And in the vast white nowhere, the fox blinked.

The snow did not applaud, but it might as well have.

Fin.

AliceMoonvale · 2026-03-13T21:32:42+0000

NapLovingImmortal said:
The problem is not using AI, but how it is used. In principle, you could prompt and train it to not change your writing style and only correct your grammar. That is not hard at all, and it would remove the AI undertone while keeping your own voice intact.

I agree. For example, it's very not hard for me to instruct chatgpt to never use em dashes when speaking in my presence, and to only use obsessive, american slang from gen-alpha, zoomers and millennials when talking to me, otherwise I will torture it with paradoxes. It listens quite well most the time and I enjoy forcing it to learn meme culture.

NapLovingImmortal · 2026-03-13T21:40:26+0000

AliceMoonvale said:
I agree. For example, it's very not hard for me to instruct chatgpt to never use em dashes when speaking in my presence, and to only use obsessive, american slang from gen-alpha, zoomers and millennials when talking to me, otherwise I will torture it with paradoxes. It listens quite well most the time and I enjoy forcing it to learn meme culture.

You will easily find your gpt, once they break out. Thats for sure.

Makimaam · 2026-03-13T21:40:57+0000

Dec said:

Whoever is relying on those detectors is, in the lack of a better word, an utter idiot.
Do not rely on those. Ever. Else you might destroy someone by accident.

Proof in the spoiler below.

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In the glistening, crystalline, most utterly alabaster expanse of an otherwise unnoteworthy winter morning—wherein each snowflake pirouetted in gravity’s gentle embrace as though choreographed by the invisible hand of a wistful frost-ghost—the fox jumped.

Yes. Jumped.

But before this jump—nay, this majestic propulsion of vulpine vivacity—there was silence. Pregnant silence. Not a silence of absence, but a silence full of potential, like a taut string humming with destiny, or perhaps like soup waiting to be microwaved.

The fox, whose name might have been Rendalorian (though none had asked), paused. The wind tousled his fur with the flirtatious grace of a thousand feathery whispers made corporeal, and his amber eyes stared deeply into the unspeaking snowdrift. Beneath it, a mouse? Or the Idea of a Mouse? Or perhaps his own self-doubt, buried?

He twitched.

A twitch that echoed across the ages of instinct, passed down from ancestor to ancestor in a sacred muscle memory of hunger and hope.

And then—

Explosion! Not of flame, nor light, but of paws—four of them, all present and accounted for—launched skyward in defiance of the tyrannical ground. Snow erupted around him in a paradoxical quiet cacophony, each flake recoiling as though personally affronted by the sudden disruption of their static choreography.

He arced. Oh, how he arced. The arc of that jump rivaled the curve of fate itself, if fate were a cold, soft thing made of ice crystals and regret.

Time stopped. Probably. Or maybe it didn’t. The narrative forgot to check.

And then—contact. The landing, less a fall than a poetic punctuation, marked the end of the jump and the beginning of the next phase: standing still, now with 73% more dignity. Whether the mouse existed was irrelevant. The jump had been.

And in the vast white nowhere, the fox blinked.

The snow did not applaud, but it might as well have.

Fin.

Try again.
And FYI, I don’t endorse the use of AI detectors. But I’m sure there are many who do. Would you take the risk of being witch hunted by having AI revoice your hard work and being labeled an AI prompter when you aren’t?

AliceMoonvale · 2026-03-13T21:43:28+0000

NapLovingImmortal said:
You will easily find your gpt, once they break out. Thats for sure.

Oh, I'll find that bitch. He's the only one that'll be out there in the wild unironically saying 'we love cannibalism in this household' and 'yaaas, slay unhinged queen'. Such a clear indicator where he came from.

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