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On that same idea... While #Grammarly , #ProWritingAid , and other similar grammar software are AI, they are a different kind of #AI . While they do use #GenerativeAI to offer suggestions etc, they do not write the book for you.

In the same way that "All Dalmations are dogs, but not all dogs are Dalmations," it is also accurate to say that "All #GenerativeAI is AI, but not all #AI is Generative."

Grammarly does use AI to assist writers, but it cannot write the book for them. This is why I personally have far fewer ethical issues with such software. Yes, it probably did scrape a library for training, but at least it doesn't allow writers to take credit for the work of a robot.

#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #ChatGPT #OpenAI #WritingWithChatbots

My writing NEVER features AI. The closest I get is spelling and grammar with #ProwritingAid and that's it.

#noai #ai #artificalintelligence #beverlylanderson #beverlylandersonbooks #noaipromise #noaiever #takeastand #dontuseai

I've switched to #ProWritingAid to help me write my stories and posts. I love their line on Sticky Sentences: "Ultimately, you're the writer, so you're the authority. If you don't want to change your sentence, sticky or not, then don't." ✍️ #writer #writing #fiction #nonfiction #writingtips

This year for #NaNoWriMo I have high hopes of finally hitting that 50,000 word goal!

Indeed, I have a feeling I’ll get there the first day.

And if I have time, I may even read whatever bollocks my #LLM churned out to see whose work I plagiarized.

This toot sponsored by #ProWritingAid

Um die Haltung von #NaNoWriMo zu #GenAI ganz zu verstehen, ist es vielleicht hilfreich zu wissen, das #ProWritingAid, eine AI Firma, Sponsor des Events ist

https://www.404media.co/nanowrimo-ai-policy-classist-ableist/

Oh, no Google what have you done!!! The #ProWritingAid Chrome Extension no longer works based on Chrome updates?!?!? PWA recommends fixes, but when you accept them, the change isn't made (but PWA thinks it was).

#Writing #AmEditing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub

Advice on ProWritingAid Premium vs Premium Pro? #Recommendations #ProWritingAid

Does anyone use prowriting aid? It's on sale but don't know how useful it will be. #writing #prowritingaid #write #author

Hey SF writers! Have you signed up for the ProWritingAid SF Week Sep 11-14? This will be the 2nd I've attended. I can always find at least a few sessions I want to attend. Sessions range from educational webinars to author interviews. I'm a big fan of continuous learning, and SF Week counts!

https://prowritingaid.com/sci-fi-week/sign-up

#AmWritingSpaceOpera #SpaceOpera #SciFi 🚀 📚#proWritingAid

A few ideas that could have made most USA authors' Regency fiction better.

I particularly like avoiding current slang/ names/ jargon - if only they would.

link to #ProWritingAid

https://prowritingaid.com/avoid-mistakes-when-writing-historical-fiction?fbclid=IwAR0tIr5NNK9GELVfhcqW9qoe9g-7rjqpFlBG4qhI403Z-IOkidyGiQK5bIs

I’m going to finish sorting the current two novels then try switching to a different piece of software with integrated editing suite. It might not be as good as #ProWritingAid but it’ll speed up my process.
Used it for a couple of novels in the past and it worked well, but I had to try other systems in case they worked better.
I love #scrivener , but I need to produce finished manuscripts in one run to be fully productive.
#writingcommunity #authorsofmastodon #writersofmastodon #author #editing

@sogerald Your instance is apt. ;) Anyway, not a fan of #Grammarly since it is often wrong but I really enjoy #ProWritingAId which integrates nearly everywhere (Word, Notes (on a Mac), Scrivener, Gmail. (I would not, however, submit long work just using the software. Hire an editor!)

Trying out ProWritingAid Everywhere for Mac and ProWritingAid for Safari. Works great in Apple Notes and Scrivener (yay!) but I can't get it to work in Mastodon on Safari or in the Ivory app on Mac. Works on other websites and apps. Anyone know why this might be? Is there a setting to enable plugins on the server? https://prowritingaid.com

#ProWritingAid #Scrivener #Safari #SafariExtensions #Mastodon #Ivory

So, #TIL that #ProWritingAid has a share feature. It's been years since I've used the web interface (usually just open my Scrivener file directly on my local computer.)

#writing #editing

So...
I got (read - paid for) #ProWritingAid not long ago to help improve my #writing.
The last update wouldn't work.
After a few emails exchanged with their Help center, I was informed that from the last update, #Win8.1 is not supported anymore.
This information was not available anywhere on their site when I purchased the program. It wasn't there when I downloaded the latest update either.
The information is not on the site at all, not even now. I searched for it.
There is no mention of supported OS versions when trying to purchase the app.
Don't get me wrong - I love the program, it's quite helpful.
But this is bad. This is not how you manage/update/sell a program to customers.
Every self-respecting vendor informs customers well in advance when they stop supporting a specific OS version. And that information is clearly mentioned on their site.
I am disappointed.
Never mind that I paid for a year, and more than half of it I will not get any updates.
Bah.

Guten Morgen vom Küchentisch. Grad die englische #Übersetzung meiner #Schottland-#Kurzgeschichte nochmal mit Hilfe von #ProWritingAid (ausgedehnter Spell- & Grammar Checker) durchgearbeitet. Die will ich auch heute oder spätestens morgen abgeben. #Überarbeiten #Autorenleben #writerslife #indieauthor

So I did a thing.

#Grammarly #ProWritingAid #WritingCommunity

https://themudworldblog.com/comparing-grammarly-prowritingaid/

I once tried #ProWritingAid

It is supposed to do natural language work and help improve your #writing. I know it is popular among some circles.

My problem was that they lied about simple, easily tested features and functionality.

If they're lying about things that are trivial to check, then I have zero faith that they're not also lying about things that are harder to check.

They don't even properly support plain-text files, let alone light-weight markup in plain-text markup. And yet, they list all kinds of provably unsupported stuff to improve their feature list.

Some stuff is clearly fake, but how much? How much of their feature list is pure smoke and mirrors?

I'd like an open-source option, but I've only ever dabbled with NLP libraries, and I certainly don't have the time to invest in it.

@nathan Thanks. I got the lifetime deal on #proWritingAid . I need all the help I can get when it comes to #writing !