What Am I Doing Wrong Here?

[TheSilverTray]

Greetings all.

So I think I’m still relatively new at all this, but I don’t understand why my story (The Sliver Tray Chronicles) doesn’t show up on the main page or appear when I try to search for it? I can search on my profile fine, but I’ve been posting new chapters for weekly for well over a month now and still nothing. i mean, i get that my story is classified as adults only fair, but nothing worse than other stories I’ve perused here. I tried using the contact email to inquire, but have not received a response.

Can some kind soul clue me in?

 

[CharlesEBrown]

It can take up to 48 hours for a story to be approved - usually takes about 20 but sometimes it takes longer.
If the story is a translation, unless you can prove you are the original author, it will be hidden on this site but can be posted to Novel Updates.

 

[Tempokai]

Someone saw the ButlerGPT in your text and reported it. Your synopsis reeks of the Butler, and the Chapter 1 is so Butler that I knew it was LLM generated even without putting it into checker. Do better.

 

[Decaded]

Welp, that was fast.
Any bets if he returns with a multi soon?

 

[Lamen]

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Someone saw the ButlerGPT in your text and reported it. Your synopsis reeks of the Butler, and the Chapter 1 is so Butler that I knew it was LLM generated even without putting it into checker. Do better.

Sorry for taking your time, but what usually happens when one uses chatGPT to translate content? I don't have a good English, but all my content is written by myself, but I use AI to help me with the translation. Is this very evident in my texts? Readers may think my story is totally AI generated?

 

[Decaded]

Is this very evident in my texts?

Very.
AI destroys the soul of the author. Adds stuff, deletes stuff, rearranges everything. This is no longer your story at the end.

Readers may think my story is totally AI generated?

100%

It would be much better for you to translate it manually with the help of a dictionary. Google Docs has one built-in.
You will never get better at English if you delegate all work to the AI (that will butcher it anyway).

 

[Lamen]

Very.
AI destroys the soul of the author. Adds stuff, deletes stuff, rearranges everything. This is no longer your story at the end.

100%

It would be much better for you to translate it manually with the help of a dictionary. Google Docs has one built-in.
You will never get better at English if you delegate all work to the AI (that will butcher it anyway).

I don't have much knowledge in this area, but I can speak for myself and my texts that they contained the same after the AI translation, even the number of words, not to mention some linguistic differences from my native language that ends up using more words for unique terms in ENG. I also always check each sentence 3 times, changing things that I find unnecessary or that I prefer, but always based on my poor English. without using AI (chatgpt or google translate) to help me, I would just take forever to translate each chapter looking for each word I don't be sure, and not be able to write anyway...

 

[Decaded]

not be able to write anyway

You will be able.
Not everyone is perfect at English, even average native users. You will get better the more you use it, I know it from practice

And trust me when I say this -- people prefer a story with mistakes over one that is perfect from a grammar standpoint, but feels flat and artificial.
Grammar can always be fixed, readers often help point out mistakes in the comments. But nothing can be done about a flat story, apart from rewriting it from scratch.

 

[ConansWitchBaby]

I don't have much knowledge in this area, but I can speak for myself and my texts that they contained the same after the AI translation, even the number of words, not to mention some linguistic differences from my native language that ends up using more words for unique terms in ENG. I also always check each sentence 3 times, changing things that I find unnecessary or that I prefer, but always based on my poor English. without using AI (chatgpt or google translate) to help me, I would just take forever to translate each chapter looking for each word I don't be sure, and not be able to write anyway...

Don't worry too much about it. The readers of these sites have been conditioned to accept machine translations.

 

[Lamen]

Don't worry too much about it. The readers of these sites have been conditioned to accept machine translations.

I can't help but worry. I want to create the best story I can for my readers, so that could be a problem. There should be a clear difference between a story created entirely by AI and one that is only translated and not modified. From the way the guy above talks, even using AI to just translate already seems like an unforgivable sin.

 

[Decaded]

using AI to just translate already seems like an unforgivable sin

Not unforgivable, but more like spitting in the face of the reader. Going the easy way.
Some will not care (especially if you write porn), but a lot of potential readers will just drop it the moment they notice that AI was involved.

One thing is using AI as a tool to help -- this is okay.
Another thing is relying excessively on it and delegating most of the work -- this is bad and frowned upon.

 

[Lamen]

Not unforgivable, but more like spitting in the face of the reader. Going the easy way.
Some will not care (especially if you write porn), but a lot of potential readers will just drop it the moment they notice that AI was involved.

One thing is using AI as a tool to help -- this is okay.
Another thing is relying excessively on it and delegating most of the work -- this is bad and frowned upon.

I really understand you. I just have a hard time seeing the clear line between a text made by AI and one used for translation. In my case as an example, I try to use AI as little as possible to translate and I always check every line to make sure my content hasn't been altered, but at the end of the day, my English is poor and I translate a lot of words with AI. About the content being "porn" I can't say much, I like to write "spice" "ecchi" "smut" or well, in simple terms, every 5-10 chapters of my stories, I add some explicit adult content, but I wouldn't say it's "porn." Anyway, would it be too much to ask you to take a look at my current story and tell me if it looks AI generated or just translated from an original (which it is)?

My Class is Unique: Supreme Lewd Villain

Zaros was born on Earth, the young heir of a long line of honorable soldiers who fought for noble ideals. At school, he stood out for his dedication and exemplary behavior. But everything changed in his final year of high school, when he and his entire class were summoned to...

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[ConansWitchBaby]

No one in your comments seems to mind. It looks like the AI did some tweaks that are blaringly obvious but besides the random em-dashes in some parts, it reads like any other story here.

 

[Lamen]

No one in your comments seems to mind. It looks like the AI did some tweaks that are blaringly obvious but besides the random em-dashes in some parts, it reads like any other story here.

Do you mind sharing some of these extreme changes? Just so I can improve my content and avoid such things that might be bad for the readers. I got the em-dash thing. I learned them with the AI and just liked how them can work on the text, I use many myself now. but I get it can be related to the AI, despite existing in grammar before AIs.

 

[Decaded]

Anyway, would it be too much to ask you to take a look at my current story and tell me if it looks AI generated or just translated from an original (which it is)?

Sure.
Read the first chapter.
It doesn't look like "AI-generated" but has a heavy feel of artificiality. Like any story here that used AI for corrections.
It will be easy to pick for anyone that doesn't think with his dick and has that minimal knowledge about language structure.

As for me, I really dislike those short paragraphs. Why are you making a new line every one or two sentences? Annoying to read. Confusing.

Extra tags: NO YURI

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

No one in your comments seems to mind. It looks like the AI did some tweaks that are blaringly obvious but besides the random em-dashes in some parts, it reads like any other story here.

Em-dashes aren't something only AI uses. People started hating on them for some reason, but this is not an "AI wrote it" indicator.
But yes, there are some that shouldn't be present. Well, most of them. And yes, this is what AI does often -- wrong use of them.

 

[Assurbanipal_II]

Sure.
Read the first chapter.
It doesn't look like "AI-generated" but has a heavy feel of artificiality. Like any story here that used AI for corrections.
It will be easy to pick for anyone that doesn't think with his dick and has that minimal knowledge about language structure.

As for me, I really dislike those short paragraphs. Why are you making a new line every one or two sentences? Annoying to read. Confusing.


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


Em-dashes aren't something only AI uses. People started hating on them for some reason, but this is not an "AI wrote it" indicator.
But yes, there are some that shouldn't be present. Well, most of them. And yes, this is what AI does often -- wrong use of them.

Dashes are unaesthetic~. I hate them like a plague~.

 

[Lamen]

Sure.
Read the first chapter.
It doesn't look like "AI-generated" but has a heavy feel of artificiality. Like any story here that used AI for corrections.
It will be easy to pick for anyone that doesn't think with his dick and has that minimal knowledge about language structure.

As for me, I really dislike those short paragraphs. Why are you making a new line every one or two sentences? Annoying to read. Confusing.


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


Em-dashes aren't something only AI uses. People started hating on them for some reason, but this is not an "AI wrote it" indicator.
But yes, there are some that shouldn't be present. Well, most of them. And yes, this is what AI does often -- wrong use of them.

Got it. And thanks for the feedback, I'll try to make it less artificial, but maybe it's just my lack of talent and not the AI's fault. About paragraphs, I hate long paragraphs that describe too many things at once. I prefer short paragraphs so the reader can get an idea and a picture of what was written before going to the next paragraph, but that's my preference as a reader and I believe most people hate it like you. Maybe I have to force myself to write big walls of text instead of smaller paragraphs... it's just boring to write like that.

 

[Decaded]

Maybe I have to force myself to write big walls of text instead of smaller paragraphs

Don't.
It's your story, you paint the image, not the readers. Write what you want, how you want -- just make sure to follow basic grammar rules

I hate long paragraphs that describe too many things at once.

Those are bad ones. Infodumps are the worst.
I can recommend Isekai'd Shoggoth as an example of how said paragraphs should be written.


Anyway, have fun with your work. But really, try to translate it with your own hands instead of relying on a machine.
You can use services like Grammarly to check potential errors, just don't blindly use it. GPT poisons the text too much, and I suggest not using it for translations. Feel free to use it as a tool, but don't overly rely on it, so you don't lose the "you" in your story.

 

[ConansWitchBaby]

Dashes are unaesthetic~. I hate them like a plague~.

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[Assurbanipal_II]

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