I love that you're playing around the tools at your disposal and unlocking something through them! Publishing my first novel felt similar. I wrote and rewrote the novel over many years, but I didn't know where to start the publishing process. Then a year ago, I just randomly prompted chatgpt - if I wanted to publish this, what would I need to do? And having the steps laid out for me is what got me through that invisible wall. Ever since I've been learning through this process, a lot. I'm never skipping out on figuring things out and understanding them, but I'm not forcing myself to do it on my own either. A friend of mine tried to include AI in his writing process, and ended up finding he liked writing everything himself way better. This kind of try it first method is what makes for nuanced opinions on the tool itself.
Really fascinating to read that using it helped you like that. Congratulations on getting your first novel published, that's insane! I like how you describe the "try first method"; as with anything, you never know what's (not) going to work for you until you give it a shot.
I love that you're playing around the tools at your disposal and unlocking something through them! Publishing my first novel felt similar. I wrote and rewrote the novel over many years, but I didn't know where to start the publishing process. Then a year ago, I just randomly prompted chatgpt - if I wanted to publish this, what would I need to do? And having the steps laid out for me is what got me through that invisible wall. Ever since I've been learning through this process, a lot. I'm never skipping out on figuring things out and understanding them, but I'm not forcing myself to do it on my own either. A friend of mine tried to include AI in his writing process, and ended up finding he liked writing everything himself way better. This kind of try it first method is what makes for nuanced opinions on the tool itself.
Really fascinating to read that using it helped you like that. Congratulations on getting your first novel published, that's insane! I like how you describe the "try first method"; as with anything, you never know what's (not) going to work for you until you give it a shot.