Ariell Cacciola (@ariellcacciola.bsky.social)

Generative AI and the slide of creative craft This year - especially the latter half - I've had an uptick in queries for my freelance developmental editorial services (more here if you're looking for an editor!). You would think, 'Yes! That's great.' I would, too, but when you dig deeper, it…

loading . . .

Generative AI and the slide of creative craft This year - especially the latter half - I've had an uptick in queries for my freelance developmental editorial services (more here if you're looking for an editor!). You would think, 'Yes! That's great.' I would, too, but when you dig deeper, it becomes messy, annoying and disheartening. I've had an increase in people submitting fully AI-generated manuscripts for professional editing (do they want them humanised in some way? http://theshapeofwords.blog/2025/12/30/generative-ai-and-the-slide-of-creative-craft/