Thanatos_X13
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UPDATE 5/10/24
Welp, 14 days after resubmitting, I am not surprised to have been rejected for AI again. Per their message, Literotica checked my story multiple times and it came back as the majority was written by AI. I honestly don't have the words to express the sheer absurdity of having a machine tell a human that their work was created by another machine - machines that have stolen our work in the first place. "We stole everything humanity has ever written and now we get to claim you're copying our homework."
So, again, I have basically no recourse. There is no way for me to convince them that my work is my own. Their suggestion is to work with an editor, but since the editors have no idea what's being flagged as AI either, how is that supposed to make a difference? Not to mention, this is not some paid gig. We all do this for free. I'll go through extra effort when submitting my non-erotic works to paying mags, but turning my fun side hobby into a massive chore just to try and circumvent an AI from falsely identifying my work as also being AI is not worth it. My work is at least as good as most other works here, and was good enough to get published the 1st time around. I'm not being rejected on quality or merit, but by the theft-robot.
I have yet to decide what I'll do next, but I am leaning towards just packing it up and saying fuck this place.
Also, if you're curious and want to judge for yourself, here's my 1st chapter, written in exactly the same style: https://literotica.com/s/immoral-counseling-ch-01
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ORIGINAL POST
I read through several other threads on this topic before posting, but I am no closer to figuring out what to do.
After a 15 year hiatus, I decided to start publishing here again. My 1st new work was approved and published without issue, so I submitted the next chapter. Today, 11 days later, I get a rejection for AI. I don't use AI, I don't use Grammarly or anything other than Word and my typing fingers. I've got a BA in English, I've never used a grammar checking program in my life. I write the way I write. My style is my style. The "conventional wisdom" I've read around the forums seems to be A) stop using Grammarly and B) become a better writer, whatever that means. And that "How to Avoid AI Rejection" thread didn't help me either. I don't know what in my work is getting flagged, and I'm not about to play blindfolded whack-a-mole with my sentences. So, I'm at a loss.
Out of curiosity, I used three different free AI checker tools on my work. Two said my work was written by a human, and one said that 34% was AI. So, I added the word "motherfucking" to every sentence that was flagged, and oh, gee, now it's all written by a human. Here's a fun example: "The next day, Lacy was in a rush to get out of her 6th period class." is a sentence that a human definitely didn't write, but "The next motherfucking day, Lacy was in a rush to get out of her 6th period class." is definitely written by a human. I know these aren't the tools that Laurel uses, so it isn't particularly helpful, but it is frustrating to me that these programs detect AI when a basic, natural sentence is used. Here's another good one: "Let's help each other out" was written by an AI, but only a human could write "Shan’t we assist one another in jolly cooperation, my lady?" Maybe I need to write all my stories while role-playing as Solaire from Dark Souls.
So, authors who have more experience with this, hopefully you can help me figure out what to do. Do I resubmit as-is with a note to the admin? Do I try to DM Laurel through the forums? I've got 8 chapters of this story written with 8 more planned, and I'd just really like to get them all published.
Welp, 14 days after resubmitting, I am not surprised to have been rejected for AI again. Per their message, Literotica checked my story multiple times and it came back as the majority was written by AI. I honestly don't have the words to express the sheer absurdity of having a machine tell a human that their work was created by another machine - machines that have stolen our work in the first place. "We stole everything humanity has ever written and now we get to claim you're copying our homework."
So, again, I have basically no recourse. There is no way for me to convince them that my work is my own. Their suggestion is to work with an editor, but since the editors have no idea what's being flagged as AI either, how is that supposed to make a difference? Not to mention, this is not some paid gig. We all do this for free. I'll go through extra effort when submitting my non-erotic works to paying mags, but turning my fun side hobby into a massive chore just to try and circumvent an AI from falsely identifying my work as also being AI is not worth it. My work is at least as good as most other works here, and was good enough to get published the 1st time around. I'm not being rejected on quality or merit, but by the theft-robot.
I have yet to decide what I'll do next, but I am leaning towards just packing it up and saying fuck this place.
Also, if you're curious and want to judge for yourself, here's my 1st chapter, written in exactly the same style: https://literotica.com/s/immoral-counseling-ch-01
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ORIGINAL POST
I read through several other threads on this topic before posting, but I am no closer to figuring out what to do.
After a 15 year hiatus, I decided to start publishing here again. My 1st new work was approved and published without issue, so I submitted the next chapter. Today, 11 days later, I get a rejection for AI. I don't use AI, I don't use Grammarly or anything other than Word and my typing fingers. I've got a BA in English, I've never used a grammar checking program in my life. I write the way I write. My style is my style. The "conventional wisdom" I've read around the forums seems to be A) stop using Grammarly and B) become a better writer, whatever that means. And that "How to Avoid AI Rejection" thread didn't help me either. I don't know what in my work is getting flagged, and I'm not about to play blindfolded whack-a-mole with my sentences. So, I'm at a loss.
Out of curiosity, I used three different free AI checker tools on my work. Two said my work was written by a human, and one said that 34% was AI. So, I added the word "motherfucking" to every sentence that was flagged, and oh, gee, now it's all written by a human. Here's a fun example: "The next day, Lacy was in a rush to get out of her 6th period class." is a sentence that a human definitely didn't write, but "The next motherfucking day, Lacy was in a rush to get out of her 6th period class." is definitely written by a human. I know these aren't the tools that Laurel uses, so it isn't particularly helpful, but it is frustrating to me that these programs detect AI when a basic, natural sentence is used. Here's another good one: "Let's help each other out" was written by an AI, but only a human could write "Shan’t we assist one another in jolly cooperation, my lady?" Maybe I need to write all my stories while role-playing as Solaire from Dark Souls.
So, authors who have more experience with this, hopefully you can help me figure out what to do. Do I resubmit as-is with a note to the admin? Do I try to DM Laurel through the forums? I've got 8 chapters of this story written with 8 more planned, and I'd just really like to get them all published.
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