Well, this is alarming. For so many reasons. But we need a better way to detect AI writing than telling people to look out for em dashes! I use em dashes. Liberally. And I have not, nor will ever use AI to write anything. I'm a writer. Why would I delegate my favorite thing to a machine??

In a blind reading test, readers preferred ChatGPT over human authors

ChatGPT-generated stories received higher reader ratings than human fiction, and most readers could not tell them apart.

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Watching a man clean a porta potty without gloves is giving me trust issues

Ted Lasso's Skeptical Look

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I don't know who needs to hear this, but #Scrivener's Notes feature is amazing! The changes I'm making in revising this chapter will have downstream impacts, but I can just write comments in the notes for each of the impacted chapters without adding to my word count or tracking outside the file

Shia LaBeouf's Magic Moment

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Reigns vs. Reins Borders vs. Boarders Weary vs. Wary I sure do keep my beta readers and critique partners amused!! #AmWriting #AmRevising #WritingCommunity

Terry Jeffords: I Said What I Said! (B99)

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Well, more accurately...

Running Snail Slow

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Sahar Rahimi@dawnfulness.bsky.social · 4d ago

Step 1: set a crazy revision goal Step 2: break down the goal into equally crazy weekly targets Step 3: reach out to beta readers and critique partners so they can be on board to critique within crazy goal timeline Step 4: confirm the whole plan is crazy Step 5: commit to it anyway

Step 1: set a crazy revision goal Step 2: break down the goal into equally crazy weekly targets Step 3: reach out to beta readers and critique partners so they can be on board to critique within crazy goal timeline Step 4: confirm the whole plan is crazy Step 5: commit to it anyway

She-Hulk Yells 'LET'S GOOOO!'

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Don't let the Ai discourse discourage you aspiring writers out there. Art is valued by its rarity, and the rarest thing in the world is the talent of a single individual. What can be mass produced for cheap has little value. You are an original. A one of a kind. A bespoke wonder. Never forget that.

Every writer I know, and for my sins I know a lot of them, is absolutely 100% delighted for you to get their book out from your local library.

My kid neighbor built a fort. Today he found a note in his fort: This fort sucks. From Mark Turns out trolls don't only exist online! #WhoIsMark??

Note to self.

Argh! Why is this so true??

Cole Haddon@colehaddon.bsky.social · 3w ago

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” — Thomas Mann

I don't know who needs to hear this, but Scrivener's dialogue focus setting is amazing! #AmWriting #AmRevising #Scrivener #WritingCommunity

I lose track of time when I write. I have a 20 minute hourglass on my desk to remind me to look away from my screen and I'm often surprised when it runs out. Guess it's a good sign it's what I'm meant to be doing, right? #BetaWaves #SoInTheZone #WhatIsTimeAnyway #DoIGetAPrize #AmWriting

Hourglass Hearts - Time and Love Flow

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Critique partner: this chapter still needs work Me: so basically you're saying I suck as a writer and I'm wasting my life and I should basically quit?? #AmRevising #AmWriting

LODESTONES 👩🏿 Scholarly, know it all FMC 🧑🏻 Stone Carver, cinnamon roll MMC 🦝 Animal companion 🤬 Enemies to friends to lovers ✨️ Forbidden magic 🏞 Quest #Questpit #YA #F

Aren't bookstores and libraries the best? Like walking around a corridor with doors into countless worlds! They're pure magic! #AmReading

Hand Reaching for Book in Library

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I'm not saying I disagree with the advice to "trust your reader", I'm just noting we have way too many "not actual size" disclaimers on posters and TV commercials... #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway

I haven't heard anyone talking about Wonder Man, but I absolutely loved it! Simon's efforts to make it in the acting world are so relatable to me as a writer! And Trevor is the mentor I would have done anything to find!

Rinse, repeat! #relatable

Amber the Original@ambertheoriginal.bsky.social · 4w ago

First I think it Then I type it Then I read it Then I delete it.

How do my chapters keep getting longer while I'm intentionally cutting words? Phrases and entire paragraphs? #WhatIsThisSorcery #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Meonly: Confused Math Lady Meme

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There are few things more precious in this line of work than a fantastic critique partner, and I just wanna give a shout out to mine, though she's not here yet. For YEARS this woman has read my every draft, gushing and ripping everything apart as needed. I wouldn't still be doing this without her ❤️

That feeling when you realize the book you're reading is part of a complete series and you don't have to wait for the next book 😍😍 #AmReading #SimplePleasures

Anna from Frozen is Excited

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I love writing. Love it. It's my favorite thing. And yet. When I'm spinning my wheels on a chapter and the words blur together and I can't tell what sounds better or worse... I wonder if I should scrap the whole book and work on a different project 🫠 #8thDraft #AmWriting #AmRevising #WatRWerds

Live footage of me revising my current WIP. I love this book and the characters and the world. But... It's. Taking. Forever. #AmWriting #AmRevising #I'mAgingHere

Squishy's Slow Walk (Monsters Inc)

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Don't wait to be happy! You don't need an agent to be happy. You don't need to be published. You don't need to be a bestseller. Be happy now. "If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?" #amwriting

I haven't been on social media in a while, so I'm rusty on this whole posting thing. But hey! Hi! I'm here now! I'm gonna follow folks who write or read what I love! So if I've followed you, that's why! Let's be friends 😊

Hi! I'm new in this BlueSky town. What do I need to catch up on? #Writer #WritingLife #DoTheseWorkHere? #FirstPostsSuck #RippingOffTheBandaid #CanWriteAWholeNovelButStruggleWithAFirstPost #NotGonnaOverthinkIt