We love you JR! Life is hard in the content creation meet real world intersection.
I've dialed back writing as I'm coding apps for my customers.
I find it's hard to do both of those while being a CEO and ghostwriting/producing a book for a big company.
Writing is on each of us authors. Love that. I haven't tried to put out a bunch of AI generated content to fill the gap recently for the same reason you feel guilt.
I knew it wouldn't be my best work. Love your honesty and I don't look down a bit on you for any of it.
Yeah, I think the AI generated content hasn’t been bad, but after doing it for a while, the soullessness of it was beginning to come through to me maybe not others but for me, it just became a slug. But I know that we’re in the midst of a transition and once we finish the transition, I think I’ll really be able to get back into my groove.
Maybe you haven't been so "wrong" about advice on writing habits. I read yesterday in the New Yorker Mag that literally every day we are genetically slightly different...squadrillions of DNA bits changing places, modifying things, modifying YOU. So maybe you just need to develop slightly different habits...and not preach them to other writers as the ultimate way to be a successful writer. I am writing this last sentence with a smile on my face...but you DO get preachy about the ultimate way to write. I hereby absolve you. Go with God. : )
I will complete some writer, Hail Marys, and walk absolved. I think it can be really easy to get into a guru expert mindset when wanting to share some best practices or habits that have worked. But now hitting a whole new phase of life. I found that even those “best practices” don’t quite hit the same. So here’s to relearning behaviors and habits in a new life situation.
Finally. Well, I hate to be blunt, I came to read your writing for something that was there underneath that I watched slowly seep away over time. Now I know what it is. I’m also happy that it will change. Thank you for your honesty. I look forward to seeing the Real you again.
Thank you! It’s been a hard season of having the time to write create content regularly, but as we finish our transition to a new home and not constantly trying to sell a house, I think it’ll give me more space and mental energy to share the richness of experience and less step-by-step guides that really can be found anywhere.
JR—i appreciate your honesty. i have been editing my book with AI and having the same qualms about whether i’m leaning too heavily on it and erasing my human creativity and spark. it’s definitely something that’s easy to fall into. i have been so conflicted, i will probably end up re-editing my book from scratch.
i totally understand where you’re coming from and this personal post makes me like you and want to keep following you more—nothing is more indicative of growth than admitting you were wrong and finding newer and better ways as time goes by.
Thank you for your kind words! It’s definitely been a season of trying new things and while they might work a little bit, it’s probably not the best for me and I think it’ll lead to more rich content in the future though.
rin, perhaps you should consider beginning to re-edit you book by going back to a pre-AI edited version. Then you're back editing your work by you, yourself. ;)
but anyway, what i ultimately decided was to totally rewrite, keeping the plot/story changes i made throughout the process myself intact but replacing the grammatically ai-smoothed sentences back with my own.
i noticed while rewriting the first chapter yesterday that my writing had improved after an entire 100k words, and the prose sounded way better than the polished ai-smoothed sentences (obviously). i think i just needed to have a little more confidence in my skills and not worry about how fast i’m going or how perfect it is. i think my need to be fast and productive made me want a simpler solution, but that’s not always the way.
We love you JR! Life is hard in the content creation meet real world intersection.
I've dialed back writing as I'm coding apps for my customers.
I find it's hard to do both of those while being a CEO and ghostwriting/producing a book for a big company.
Writing is on each of us authors. Love that. I haven't tried to put out a bunch of AI generated content to fill the gap recently for the same reason you feel guilt.
I knew it wouldn't be my best work. Love your honesty and I don't look down a bit on you for any of it.
Yeah, I think the AI generated content hasn’t been bad, but after doing it for a while, the soullessness of it was beginning to come through to me maybe not others but for me, it just became a slug. But I know that we’re in the midst of a transition and once we finish the transition, I think I’ll really be able to get back into my groove.
Maybe you haven't been so "wrong" about advice on writing habits. I read yesterday in the New Yorker Mag that literally every day we are genetically slightly different...squadrillions of DNA bits changing places, modifying things, modifying YOU. So maybe you just need to develop slightly different habits...and not preach them to other writers as the ultimate way to be a successful writer. I am writing this last sentence with a smile on my face...but you DO get preachy about the ultimate way to write. I hereby absolve you. Go with God. : )
I will complete some writer, Hail Marys, and walk absolved. I think it can be really easy to get into a guru expert mindset when wanting to share some best practices or habits that have worked. But now hitting a whole new phase of life. I found that even those “best practices” don’t quite hit the same. So here’s to relearning behaviors and habits in a new life situation.
Finally. Well, I hate to be blunt, I came to read your writing for something that was there underneath that I watched slowly seep away over time. Now I know what it is. I’m also happy that it will change. Thank you for your honesty. I look forward to seeing the Real you again.
Thank you! It’s been a hard season of having the time to write create content regularly, but as we finish our transition to a new home and not constantly trying to sell a house, I think it’ll give me more space and mental energy to share the richness of experience and less step-by-step guides that really can be found anywhere.
JR—i appreciate your honesty. i have been editing my book with AI and having the same qualms about whether i’m leaning too heavily on it and erasing my human creativity and spark. it’s definitely something that’s easy to fall into. i have been so conflicted, i will probably end up re-editing my book from scratch.
i totally understand where you’re coming from and this personal post makes me like you and want to keep following you more—nothing is more indicative of growth than admitting you were wrong and finding newer and better ways as time goes by.
Thank you for your kind words! It’s definitely been a season of trying new things and while they might work a little bit, it’s probably not the best for me and I think it’ll lead to more rich content in the future though.
for sure! always do what feels right for you. looking forward to your future content!
rin, perhaps you should consider beginning to re-edit you book by going back to a pre-AI edited version. Then you're back editing your work by you, yourself. ;)
lol i said that already in my comment.
but anyway, what i ultimately decided was to totally rewrite, keeping the plot/story changes i made throughout the process myself intact but replacing the grammatically ai-smoothed sentences back with my own.
i noticed while rewriting the first chapter yesterday that my writing had improved after an entire 100k words, and the prose sounded way better than the polished ai-smoothed sentences (obviously). i think i just needed to have a little more confidence in my skills and not worry about how fast i’m going or how perfect it is. i think my need to be fast and productive made me want a simpler solution, but that’s not always the way.
thank you
Embrace the journey where you are. Thank you for being honest. Don’t give up.
Please don't be so hard on yourself!
Maybe take the family out for a fun day and forget, just temporarily, your responsibilities.
Wishing you well and thanking you for being there.
I appreciate your honesty and look forward to what comes next.