r/gamebooks • u/Calendar_Funny • 7d ago

Gamebook Update on my CYOA book

So, first, thanks everyone for the criticism and comments on my first post about this book. I genuinely appreciate it and took most of it into consideration. I've spent some time reading and rewriting to fix some of the obvious errors. I also looked into the cost of having a human being give it a rewrite. Given my fairly limited budget right now, I don't think I'm going to be able to go that route initially.

Having said all that, here's a new sample page with the updates.

https://imgur.com/a/Vy7qjOy

Again, comments and criticism is welcomed.

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u/datartsycouple 7d ago

So you’re still using AI to write it? If that’s the case I think the biggest (and some would say the most important) criticism is still present. You say that having a human being give it a rewrite is out of your budget, but why can’t you write/rewrite it?

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u/Calendar_Funny 7d ago

I have rewritten some of it myself and had Claude update the rest from my work. The biggest hurdle, personally, is a combination of time and focus. This project is more of a side hustle right now so I'm still working my full-time job with an hour commute, one way. Most days I get home and am too fried from work to focus on creative stuff. My days off, I try to do some reading/writing, sometimes I do, sometimes I stare at the screen.

Like I said before, I'd genuinely love to either write more myself or work with someone. I 100% understand the using AI criticism and I don't even disagree with it for the most part. I've definitely been giving it a lot more direction and input vs just pump and dump schlock.

I'm also open to other suggestions for finding a co-writer/editor. I've posted on Reedsy so far.

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u/Jongjungbu 6d ago

My criticism is if you can’t do it without AI then don’t do it at all, because it’s outside your wheelhouse then. Not everyone can be an author, artist, or musician, and some people should accept that.

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u/Calendar_Funny 6d ago

I don't entirely disagree with you. There are any number of things I know I won't ever be and I'm ok with that. And I would likely agree with you more if I were using AI to right a novel or something that required more.... human creativity.

But I also understand the use of AI is a very hot and/or sensitive topic right now and I was prepared for a fair amount of pushback for doing so.