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  • AlexS
    AlexS replied to the thread !?!.
    The best way to show mood and emotion in dialogue is with the words themselves. The second-best is by the dialogue tag ('she exclaimed'...
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    Penpilot replied to the thread !?!.
    For me, it depends. I think something like that best fits stories with a lighthearted slant or instances where a lighthearted tone is...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Careful with your research.
    I just avoid AI when I can. Google seems to like to do a summary, which for general ballpark stuff, is easy enough, but when I really...
  • skip.knox
    skip.knox replied to the thread Careful with your research.
    Related to Karlin's point about secondary sources, I would draw a wide and bright line between scholarly secondary sources and YouTube...
  • skip.knox
    skip.knox replied to the thread Careful with your research.
    Using only the AI summary for your research is not the fault of AI, it's the fault of the researcher. Historians are taught to consult...
  • skip.knox
    skip.knox replied to the thread !?!.
    It definitely depends--on genre, audience, etc.--but I received some advice in graduate school that I took to heart and I believe it has...
  • pmmg
    pmmg posted the thread !?! in Writing Discussions.
    What do we think about using punctuation in rapid succession in our prose, such as: "What the heck are you talking about!?!" Charlie...
  • JBCrowson
    Made some good progress, finished the rewrite of The King's Ball chapter, and closed off two minor characters' arcs. 103k words, 13k of...
  • SamazonE
    That reminds me of Disney. There seem to be a whitewash on media, that says big is best, but when you get down to it the same dark story.
  • CupofJoe
    CupofJoe replied to the thread Careful with your research.
    Where I work, we know people are going to use LLMs to "help" their research, so they are asked to include the prompts they used. That...
  • Gurkhal
    Gurkhal replied to the thread Careful with your research.
    I am slightly shocked to hear this to be honest. Since I'm clocking in to be an old timer I will say that it was better in the "good old...
  • Rudolphthered
    Rudolphthered replied to the thread Careful with your research.
    I’m not sure about writing specifically, but at the institution where I study, some people use AI summaries to complete their...
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