Went to a writer's meetup in Portland and nobody had read a book in months

I showed up to this creative writing group expecting people to talk about story structure or character arcs. Instead they spent 45 minutes debating which AI prompt gave the best fantasy opening. Then someone asked me what I was working on and I said a short story about a line cook. Blank stares. One guy goes "so is it a prompt or did you actually write it?" I felt like I was in the wrong room. Has anyone else run into writers who don't actually read or write anymore?

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derek9397d ago

so is it a prompt or did you actually write it" - thats the part that gets me. I mean yeah some people are leaning hard on AI these days but acting like its weird to actually write something yourself feels like a new level of lazy. Honestly it sounds like you just hit the wrong meetup. Maybe they rebranded as a "creative writing" group when really its a "lets mess around with AI" group. Happens a lot in Portland from what I hear. If it bugs you that much find a different group or stick it out and be the guy who actually reads and writes. Most of those AI kids will burn out in a few months anyway.

nancy2757d ago

Read an article saying these AI writing groups pop up when people get bored of actually learning craft.