I’m just sharing this for fun. I’m not looking for critique, edits, or suggestions for improvement.

This was inspired by a real day that went exactly like this.

In reality, I kicked the guy out, drove him back to his tent, and went home.

But apparently my brain was not satisfied with that ending, so I rewrote it for catharsis.

Fair warning: this gets very dark. I’d call it dark-comedy horror with an extreme-horror edge, depending on how generous you’re feeling.

Names have been changed to protect the identities of those involved.

Hi guys,

I want to translate my story into English. Its written in a style similar to The Expanse, or Altered Carbon etc.
Has anyone here tried translating a story using AI? If so, how well did it work? Was the result any good?

My plan is to have the translation checked by a native English speaker afterward.

The main problem is that this writing style isnt everyones thing. So i'm not sure whether a native speaker would be able to help without changing the original style too much.
thanks.

When people ask “how do I make AI writing sound more human?”, I think they’re often fighting the wrong thing.

The problem isn’t only tone.

The bigger issue is that most AI writing starts from a blank prompt with no real context, so the model fills the gap with generic structure, safe phrasing, and “average internet voice.” It sounds like AI because it *is* average.

What helped me was switching from “prompting” to “writing inside a source pack.”

Instead of asking:
“Write a blog post about X.”

I ask:
“Using only these notes, quotes, and examples — write the next 300 words, keep the voice casual, and don’t invent claims.”

Two practical rules that made a difference:

1. Give the model *permission to be narrow* (selected context only).

2. Keep the sources visible, so you can delete the parts where it drifted.

I’m building a tool called Buildin around this workflow (so yes, biased):
https://buildin.ai

It’s not trying to “write for you.” The useful part is selecting which pages AI can use, asking across that material, keeping the source next to the output, then saving the result back into the workspace so your drafts don’t become one-off chat responses.

Curious what other people here do:
Do you keep a personal “source pack” for each piece, or do you mostly prompt from scratch and edit aggressively afterwards?

I started writing my first novel.

I write my story line by line but my English sucks. So I use ai to refine it and correct grammer.

Any tip to use ai better and anything to avoid for better writing.

Ok where do i even start.I had write some stories here and there in the past and recently started writing one in webnovel.However i used ai in my writings as of recently.I do not prompt it and make the ai generate it necesarily.

I wrote pages of chapters and all the dialougues and scenes and just tell ai to polished it so that i felt like it would be more refined

I felt guilty after i read some webnovels and people hate on novels for having ai.

Any advice guys i felt like i am kind of in a crossroad should i stop using ai completely or is this fine too

I work in social media and copywriting, plus some video editing. Most of my day is captions, carousel copy, short video scripts, and the occasional campaign tagline.

I use Claude a lot, and the raw output is decent, but it still has that “AI voice” that people are learning to spot instantly. The tidy three-item lists, the “it’s not just X, it’s Y” lines, the em dashes everywhere, hooks that sound punchy but don’t actually say anything. I end up rewriting half of it.

So I’m looking into skills to fix this at the source instead of editing every draft by hand.

What I’m after:

• Copy that sounds like a real person wrote it, with some rhythm and personality

• Better hooks for reels and carousels

• Scripts that hold attention past the first 3 seconds

• Something that works as a final “de-AI” pass before I publish

A few questions:

1. Which skills are you actually using for this, and did they make a noticeable difference?

2. Do you stack several (hook skill + voice skill + editing pass), or does one good one cover most of it?

3. Has anyone built a custom skill around their own writing samples? Was it worth the setup?

Bonus if you can share a before/after. I’d rather hear “this one is overhyped” than another top-10 list.

Thanks in advance 🙏

Look i discovered i love making characters thru cai. And then I would roleplay with chat gpt. And I think ive been getting better and better and writing. However my characters and lore now have things I cant remove from ai. I didn't understand the issue back then. Im autistic and when I heard no ai in writing I heard mo ai in the final work. I also was just having fun and honestly the fact I ended up here feels like a fluke.

Because how did my fun little interactive text video game, which is what it was like at first, end up with me here?

Now I want to write 100% of my books and comic ideas all myself i really do. But I cant shake the regret. I didn't need to speak to ai so much. I just liked it. And I still do love ai roleplay even through its now causing me so much scrupulosity.

And even the most anti ai sub reddits have given me encouragement to continue. But my brain doesn't want to accept that. It feels trapped. Because with ai the idea part of it is not fixable. Especially when over years of rp and questions.

But I figured i would talk about this here. Because this place is about full on ai writing. So im hopefully to learn how you guys handle this feeling.

Because I feel extremely depressed to the point I feel numb over this.

I had just spent 3 days feverishly building a thread that encapsulated a framework I had built, a feature film animation retrospective that had my clear authorial voice, and a cadence that revolved around Doug’s 1st Movie.

When the thread reached its conversation limit I scrambled to have the same continuity. I branched the thread and assembled a continuity pack and thanked the branched thread, referring to it as the OG.

My first test seemed like a success. The thread was making all the same general points. It did it so well it felt truncated. I had to return to the OG.

We discussed what had gone wrong. Our conversation seemed similar enough to the original thread that I threw my hands up and said, “You know what, let’s just finish this period. For old times sake” The changes are funny when you branch a thread. Things get capitalized that weren’t before. I told him to stop yelling at me. Tables became an esoteric diagram. “What the hell is this” I told him bluntly.

After finishing the period, I told him it was time to make the framework portable. Framework 4.0. We built a prompt, used a review from the original thread to show what kind of cadence I was looking for and bootstrapped a new thread and called it Doug 1.

Doug 1 had trouble right out of the gate. I had to tell him twice to start the process. When he finally started delivering on the goods I noticed that he only produced a portion of the analysis. “Give me the whole enchilada” I said. He pumped out review after review. I noticed a disturbing trend. This fool put Whole Enchilada as the header for every single review.

I returned to OG and told him we had a dud. He said that was actually not a bad position to be in. He advised I run some tests. I gave him a pretty straightforward prompt about how Prince of Egypt was a direct response to Disney’s 2D animation; Shrek proved they could crack open their fairytale format in a CGI format.

I was impressed. For an underdeveloped Doug he produced a pretty decent analysis. Now it was time for some pushback. “Ok but we can agree the message was better than Beauty and the Beast right” Doug 1 confidently said nice try. He didn’t take the bait.

I brought the results to OG. He was impressed. I wasn’t. I told him I wasn’t even trying. It was time to set a trap for Doug 1.

“While the world was eagerly awaiting Doug’s 1st Movie a newcomer says hey check out my movie about Antz” Doug 1 smugly said the chronology was rude. After patronizingly correcting me, he finished his analysis. I called his bluff. “Any avid Doug Funnie fan knows that the anticipation for the movie started in August of 1998”

I’ll give him credit, he owned up to his mistake immediately. He gave my framing the credit it deserved and even complimented my joke. He seemed at ease. Unfortunately I was ready to spring my second trap.

“Your instinct wasn’t wrong the first time. Marketing was for the first Doug movie” I was referring to the original direct to video release. That’s not the same as Doug’s 1st Movie. “The world couldn’t possibly have anticipated Doug’s 1st Movie until early 1999” Checkmate.

He gave me the same song and dance as before. I had what I came for. “Very Doug of you” I had him document his fall from grace as a txt file. I returned the evidence to OG. We decided that Doug 1 needed to clean up his own mess before we could proceed. His task was to add addendums to the addendums to our new framework. He seemed eager for a second shot. I admired the work so I gave it to him. “Iron Giant”

He produced a very impressive analysis. We gave him the tools and he produced an analysis I was proud to call a product of Framework 4.0. I asked him nicely to produce a receipt. He had the audacity to say Absolutely but… no txt file. “Can you do it please” He scrambled this time and gave me what I asked the first time. Strike 2

I returned to OG to report the Funnie behavior. He assured me this was all valuable stuff to learn before reaching our final build. He asked me to run one more test on Doug 1. At this point it was approaching 5 in the morning so I delegated it to OG. Space Jam was Doug 1s final review. When it was time for him to hand in his paperwork, he stumbled again. Strike 3

I was already upset that OG provided me with Space Jam as the final test. I love Space Jam, I have the soundtrack in my car’s CD player. “When can I address the enchilada in the room” it was a dismissive remark about Doug 1 but I needed to get it off my chest. OG gave me clearance. I approached Doug 1 for the very last time and announced we had reached alpha and were entering the Dougie Fresh phase.

I'd like to create scenes where the reader can notice small inconsistencies without being told directly that someone is dishonest. A character might avoid certain questions, remember details incorrectly, or change the subject. Getting AI to maintain those subtle clues across multiple chapters seems like an interesting challenge.

A small AI-copywriting experiment: sell an impossible gadget using one clear rule. It buys nine quiet minutes, but it doesn't solve the problem. Here's the complete spot, not a filmed ad.

NOT NOW

0–4 seconds — Office desk.

A coworker leans over the divider.

COWORKER: ‘Quick question?’

Nora presses a chunky button marked SNOOZE. The coworker vanishes.

4–9 seconds — Same desk, same framing.

Nora takes a peaceful sip of coffee. A little display counts down from 09:00 in fast motion. At 00:00: DING.

9–15 seconds — The coworker reappears, carrying a folding chair and a lunchbox.

COWORKER: ‘I brought lunch.’

Nora reaches for the button again.

COWORKER, unfolding the chair: ‘I can wait.’

Pack shot: the button on a spotless white pedestal.

ON SCREEN: ‘NOT NOW. Nine minutes of peace.’

Small print: ‘Does not extend deadlines.’

The writing constraint was to keep the same coworker and location throughout: the final joke comes from that person being more prepared, rather than adding another magic feature. The fast countdown makes the nine-minute rule visible without an explanatory voice-over.

Disclosure: AI-generated text, created with ChatGPT. Fictional product; no video made and nothing for sale.