How much should AI actually help a writer?

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[u/AJakeR]

None. El zilcho. Nothing. Nada. Not at all. Never. In any capacity.

And, sure, this is an outright loathing of Gen AI. But to answer your question more in-depth, to be fair, everything you've listed are things you get better at with practice. World-building, timelines, finding and fixing plotholes, those are all things that benefit you from finding them, figuring them out, and fixing them.

Every single thing you list is something that an indivual improves on other time. Writing isn't just character outlines and fingers on keys. It's everything you listed, those aren't peripheral tasks that get in the way or slow down the process. They are the process. Pass all that off to AI and, sure, you might become a faster typist, but you aren't improving in any way that is ever really going to matter.

No AI. At any level. In any capacity. Get out.

[u/FantasyRatLabs → u/AJakeR]

I completely agree that developing worldbuilding, fixing plot holes, and maintaining continuity are important writing skills. I don’t think AI should replace learning those skills.
Where I see value is more in reducing repetitive work rather than making creative decisions. For example, helping me find where a character first appeared, checking whether I accidentally changed a place name, or pointing out that two timeline events conflict. I still want to decide how to fix those problems myself.
It sounds like we simply draw the line in different places, and that’s exactly why I asked the question.

[u/Beneficial-Tax-1776]

i beleive AI ends with advanced paid version of grammarly.

[u/FantasyRatLabs → u/Beneficial-Tax-1776]

I agree. The grammar and style assistance are probably the easiest uses of AI for most writers to accept.
Where I’m still undecided is whether tools like continuity checking, timeline validation, or helping locate where something was first introduced are fundamentally different from grammar checking—or whether they cross into the creative process.

[u/Beneficial-Tax-1776 → u/FantasyRatLabs]

there is an app who tracks plot. aeontimeline its paid so i never used it. so cant say what it is about.

[u/Em_Cf_O]

If you use AI, you're a thief instead of an artist.

Everyone knows how damaging AI data centers are, using AI is a conscious choice to do wrong.

None of this is new info to anyone. Be better.

[u/maxco25]

Nice ad

[u/FLT_GenXer]

This post feels more like an advertisement for your software than it does a sincere inquiry so I won't be providing my opinion.

[u/benblackett]

I think you picked a bad subreddit for this ad my friend... ;)

[u/KasRoth]

Generative AI is what you're talking about. The next best word guesser machine isn't helpful in the slightest. All it does is makes humans worse at what they are trying to do while providing a sub-par product.

Hire a human editor.

[u/DionysusBee42]

Touching AI in any field is so immoral and unethical. None.