It just baffles me that people want the title of “author” without doing the work that goes into it. I get it. It’s hard. I’ll likely never be published because I don’t have the discipline to sit down and do the hard gritty work of writing. But that means I haven’t earned that title and that’s the harsh reality

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no bc as someone who “casually” writes poetry (literally just for myself) do you know how LONG i spend on trying to make sure my own themes and feelings are expressed? i literally spend HOURS wondering if “this line is stupid and makes no sense” even tho no one else will be reading this shit. There’s so much integrity in authorship and even something as simple as recording your inner monologue is sacred, AI cannot be expected to replicate that and it’s offensive that it’s become so normalized.

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