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[–] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Ideas, sure. But grammar and formatting are typically completely different jobs like editing and typesetting. If you're going the indie route and self publishing, you might not be able to afford to hire someone else to do that work.

Those also happen to be things that LLMs are actually good at. They're (mostly) not creative tasks and instead just follow a set of rules.

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[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Its also incredibly hard to catch erors in you own writing. Skilled writres are usually good readers, and we have mnay silkls to dcpoyher txet, often with out noticeing.

(Errors introduced deliberately to illustrate.)

There's a reason virtually all books make it to print with errors. It's very hard to catch all errors.

It's also a fantastic use case for LLMs, since the structure of language is the exact type of low-hanging task LLMs are actually good at, even with cheap/fast models.

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[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 1 point 2 weeks ago

I'm willing to give a bit of a pass on the grammar—someone may have learning disabilities or not be writing in their first language. And formatting a book is simple and mechanical enough that a piece of software might get it right. If you're relying on an LLM for actual plot, though, you're doing it wrong.