The Storyteller and the Machine

I am a storyteller. I constantly dream about ideas, situations, and characters. They come and go as they please, occupying my imagination until they grow bored. I’ve tried to capture them in the cocoon of a story so they can move on to inhabit other minds—but I haven’t succeeded before.

Readers who haven't lived with these stories need coherent narration to understand how these characters ended up in such interesting situations. In my mind, it’s all clear. But when I try to put it down on paper, the thoughts refuse to come out. That’s when I realized: I may be a good storyteller, but I lack the skills of a good writer. I need help with that.

Recently, that help has arrived. With AI writing tools, I now have an assistant who can take my incoherent ideas and make them more accessible to the average reader. I can argue, discuss, and confide in this assistant, watching my thoughts gradually take shape. This site is the result of those long hours spent working with it.

There are both supporters and critics of AI-assisted fiction writing. My opinion is simple: any story that is born and grows in a human mind, enriched by human emotions, is worth reading—even if AI helped bring it to life. If a story is entirely generated by AI, then perhaps it is only valuable to other AIs.

Enjoy your reading :)

Regards,

Madhukara Phatak