Another dumb question on spell checkers, AI flags, and self editing

[Andreas_Kreuz]

I think the distinction between spelling/grammar correction is actually quite simple.

If the suggestions modifies a few characters in a single word, but the word is still the same, then I usually accept the suggestion. If it suggests to replace one word by another or starts to shift words around I might consider it, but rarely accept it.
I found that Grammarly (free edition) catches many errors that word/googledocs etc miss.
I also don't let it do bulk corrections, but go through them one by one and as a result I believe I make fewer mistakes over time.

If I do no not understand a suggestion, mainly about commas, I paste the sentence into an AI like GPT and ask to explain the rationale for that comma. It usually gives a good explanation that I can learn from.

 

[ColtonWrites]

What's truly interesting though, is that using a human editor to do the exact same thing is perfectly acceptable.

Because a human editor is still a human, capable of actual reading comprehension. LLMs can't actually "read" or understand your work.

 

[Writer61]

I write in Word and have Grammarly running for spelling and grammar checks. The two usually agree, but not always, and I generally prefer the latter's recommendations. Either way, I do not always take the recommendations, espeically when it recommends word changes.

My final check is to use Word's text-to-speech function. Hearing the story, rather than reading it for the nth time, helps.

 

[IWroteThis]

Because a human editor is still a human, capable of actual reading comprehension. LLMs can't actually "read" or understand your work.

So, nothing but human bias?

Then again, maybe my statement was wrong. From the number of false positives from AI checkers, maybe using a human editor isn't acceptable any more either…

 

[IWroteThis]

My final check is to use Word's text-to-speech function. Hearing the story, rather than reading it for the nth time, helps.

I do that as well. I posted it on another thread, but the following line made it through probably a dozen editing passes, only to be caught on the first Read Aloud pass:

"Once we got in the house, Chloe flopped down on the coach and turned on the television."

 

[ColtonWrites]

So, nothing but human bias?

Then again, maybe my statement was wrong. From the number of false positives from AI checkers, maybe using a human editor isn't acceptable any more either…

Yes. Its absolutely a bias towards real humans. AI is a misnomer - It is a Large Language Model. It is not intelligent. It cant read. It cant do math. It can make predictions based on what's in the training data, and thats all.


Of course you can use a human editor. That will not make your work any more likely to get flagged.

 

[alohadave]

Literotica has a whole list of volunteer editors. Coincidentally.

https://www.literotica.com/my/#/editors/editors

Just a note in case it's not obvious, the list is sorted by profile updates, so newer updates show before older updates. It doesn't mean anything else, like an editor's popularity or anything like that.

 

[IWroteThis]

Just a note in case it's not obvious, the list is sorted by profile updates, so newer updates show before older updates. It doesn't mean anything else, like an editor's popularity or anything like that.

I haven't tried recently, but the one time I went through looking for an editor, I didn't even get a single response.

 

[IWroteThis]

Of course you can use a human editor. That will not make your work any more likely to get flagged.

Your mileage may vary.

 

[ColtonWrites]

Your mileage may vary.

Mileage may vary on finding an editor and on the quality of the editing.

But a human editor does not make your work more likely to get flagged as genAI unless the editor is using AI tools.

The rule is not that it has to be 100% your own work. The rule is that it has to be 100% human content.

 

[HelenL]

I do that as well. I posted it on another thread, but the following line made it through probably a dozen editing passes, only to be caught on the first Read Aloud pass:

"Once we got in the house, Chloe flopped down on the coach and turned into a pumpkin."

I'm not seeing the problem.

 

[alohadave]

I'm not seeing the problem.

Coach vs couch

To be fair, I read it earlier and missed it too.

 

[IWroteThis]

I'm not seeing the problem.

With all of the great suggestions I've received, maybe I should sponsor a challenge where all of the stories have to contain a variant of that sentence.

Coach vs couch

To be fair, I read it earlier and missed it too.

You might have missed that they changed my quote, but I'm pretty sure they caught my mistake.

 

[YmaOHyd]

With all of the great suggestions I've received, maybe I should sponsor a challenge where all of the stories have to contain a variant of that sentence.

"Once we got in the house, Chloe flopped down on the cooch and turned into a pumpkin."

 

[HelenL]

You might have missed that they changed my quote, but I'm pretty sure they caught my mistake.

Coach yelled Cinderella, but it took me a few seconds to see it.

 

[AgentDoiron]

Well, I just submitted a story spell-, grammar-, and punctuation-checked by Grammarly online Free Edition.

It makes very few rewrite suggestions unless you pay for the subscription to Grammarly Pro. I ignore the few that it does suggest. Settings should be Audience: General, Formality: Informal, Domain: General (no alternatives in Free Edition), Intent: Tell a Story.

I feel free to ignore corrections to grammar, etc., when they result in dialogue or narration that reads truer to character conception than the "correct" words.

A first for me on this story. I cried one of the female lead's tears harder than my male main character/author insert's.

That's the writer's curse. We cry real tears over events that happen to people who will only ever exist in our imagination.

 

[LegendInMyOwnMind]

That's the writer's curse. We cry real tears over events that happen to people who will only ever exist in our imagination.

I find that it is a blessing disguised as a curse. I like that feeling of falling in love with my FMCs, and yes, lusting after them, too. It's a fantasy. Why bother having one if you can't enjoy it to the limit?

 

[AgentDoiron]

I find that it is a blessing disguised as a curse. I like that feeling of falling in love with my FMCs, and yes, lusting after them, too. It's a fantasy. Why bother having one if you can't enjoy it to the limit?

It can lead to some odd situations though.
"Hun, why are you crying?"
"The character that only exists in my imagination just died while screaming his wife's name."

 

[LegendInMyOwnMind]

It can lead to some odd situations though.
"Hun, why are you crying?"
"The character that only exists in my imagination just died while screaming his wife's name."

It has led to some interesting moments when CNAs have been curious about what the hell I'm crying my eyes out over. The death scene in the FMC of my very first story moves me to tears every time I reread it, and I wrote that eight years ago. And it is nowhere near the only passage that affects me emotionally. There is no rule that you can't read or write erotic fiction in your bed at a skilled nursing facility.

 

[old_prof]

I've mentioned this before, but a common interaction with my wife is me showing up with tear streaked cheeks and she just says, "Writing again, huh?"

 

[LegendInMyOwnMind]

I've mentioned this before, but a common interaction with my wife is me showing up with tear streaked cheeks and she just says, "Writing again, huh?"

So cool that you wife gets it.

 

[MillieDynamite]

She never considers the possibility that you accidentally sat on her dildo?

I've mentioned this before, but a common interaction with my wife is me showing up with tear streaked cheeks and she just says, "Writing again, huh?"

 

[Aviastroitel]

I gis use me ma kromebookz tak to type an ain anever bin flagg'd az a Alien Tel-i-gents yet.

Sall gud.