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#91
General Discussion / AI-assisted Submission Guideli...
Last post by teanndaorsa - December 16, 2025, 10:47:51 AMOkay, so this post is going to add some guidelines relevant to use of AI in submissions to the Plaza. This is something that's picked up in recent months, so I want to set out our stall clearly in advance of getting any more submissions.
To be clear, I'm not talking about AI-generated images which authors often like to include in their stories. We don't publish those - partly because I'm uncomfortable with how they have scraped original, copyrighted works and imagery without permission, partly because I'm not keep on too much imagery for hosting and aesthetic reasons in what is primarily a text-based medium. The only imagery I'll host with stories are commissioned works and self-drawn / captured images. If someone wants to post a link like "inspired by this image" where it's hosted somewhere else, that's about as far as I'll go.
Much, much fuzzier is the use of AI tools to assist in text editing. Obviously I encourage use of spell checkers and grammar checkers, and to some extend modern AI tooling is just those but on steroids. AI tools are super-tempting for people to use, especially when they are not confident in their own writing skills. Just plug the ideas for your story in, and out pops well-written prose. And if they actually worked like that, I wouldn't really have a problem with them at all. Less spell-checking, grammar correction and copy-editing for me: great.
The issue is that, used poorly, they don't work like that. When you generate a story a few paragraphs at a time, that section will probably be consistent and correct in and of itself. But I'm seeing submissions where it flails wildly from past tense to present tense; where the first-person viewpoint shifts from one character to another with no warning; where the punctuation style is wholly different; and where the same words and phrases are used over, and over, and over. That last one can be especially bad, I've seen whole paragraphs repeated three, four times in a six-thousand word story, like ChatGPT only knows one sort of orgasm and by golly it's determined to tell you about it, the same way every time. But humans are pattern-recognition machines, and they spot that repetition, fast. At best, they just get temporarily confused, like "haven't I read this bit already, did I get lost?" At worst they cringe and close the story, mentally dismissing it as repetitive, incoherent rubbish.
Several authors now have put submissions in along the lines of "English is not my first language, but AI lets me write the stories I've always had in my head". Again, I don't have a problem with that, I'm glad it's now a possibility. But it only makes the real problem worse: to use AI tools effectively, you have to properly read what they produce, and edit to correct the problems with it. That's still probably easier than writing the text from scratch, but if you can't read English well, you won't be able to do that. But it is absolutely possible, given enough effort. There have been submissions where the author has been clear they use AI to help, and had they not said so I wouldn't have been able to tell. That is the quality bar that I am looking for: not noticing their use.
More generally, I am not volunteering to be your writing partner. Please do not ask me to just "make the edits as I see fit", I simply do not have the time. Just because I am able to spot these problems, does not mean that I can effectively change the writing to remove them. This is an order of magnitude harder than the copy-editing tweaks described earlier in this thread, and it is nigh-on impossible to do without assuming the intent of the original author. It is something that the authors have to do themselves, as part of their writing, or in collaboration with an editor they have found for themselves.
With that in mind, authors should bear in mind that I will refuse submissions that have these sorts of quality issues in them, even if it makes me sad because I want to read the ideas they contain.
To be clear, I'm not talking about AI-generated images which authors often like to include in their stories. We don't publish those - partly because I'm uncomfortable with how they have scraped original, copyrighted works and imagery without permission, partly because I'm not keep on too much imagery for hosting and aesthetic reasons in what is primarily a text-based medium. The only imagery I'll host with stories are commissioned works and self-drawn / captured images. If someone wants to post a link like "inspired by this image" where it's hosted somewhere else, that's about as far as I'll go.
Much, much fuzzier is the use of AI tools to assist in text editing. Obviously I encourage use of spell checkers and grammar checkers, and to some extend modern AI tooling is just those but on steroids. AI tools are super-tempting for people to use, especially when they are not confident in their own writing skills. Just plug the ideas for your story in, and out pops well-written prose. And if they actually worked like that, I wouldn't really have a problem with them at all. Less spell-checking, grammar correction and copy-editing for me: great.
The issue is that, used poorly, they don't work like that. When you generate a story a few paragraphs at a time, that section will probably be consistent and correct in and of itself. But I'm seeing submissions where it flails wildly from past tense to present tense; where the first-person viewpoint shifts from one character to another with no warning; where the punctuation style is wholly different; and where the same words and phrases are used over, and over, and over. That last one can be especially bad, I've seen whole paragraphs repeated three, four times in a six-thousand word story, like ChatGPT only knows one sort of orgasm and by golly it's determined to tell you about it, the same way every time. But humans are pattern-recognition machines, and they spot that repetition, fast. At best, they just get temporarily confused, like "haven't I read this bit already, did I get lost?" At worst they cringe and close the story, mentally dismissing it as repetitive, incoherent rubbish.
Several authors now have put submissions in along the lines of "English is not my first language, but AI lets me write the stories I've always had in my head". Again, I don't have a problem with that, I'm glad it's now a possibility. But it only makes the real problem worse: to use AI tools effectively, you have to properly read what they produce, and edit to correct the problems with it. That's still probably easier than writing the text from scratch, but if you can't read English well, you won't be able to do that. But it is absolutely possible, given enough effort. There have been submissions where the author has been clear they use AI to help, and had they not said so I wouldn't have been able to tell. That is the quality bar that I am looking for: not noticing their use.
More generally, I am not volunteering to be your writing partner. Please do not ask me to just "make the edits as I see fit", I simply do not have the time. Just because I am able to spot these problems, does not mean that I can effectively change the writing to remove them. This is an order of magnitude harder than the copy-editing tweaks described earlier in this thread, and it is nigh-on impossible to do without assuming the intent of the original author. It is something that the authors have to do themselves, as part of their writing, or in collaboration with an editor they have found for themselves.
With that in mind, authors should bear in mind that I will refuse submissions that have these sorts of quality issues in them, even if it makes me sad because I want to read the ideas they contain.
#92
Selfbound Website Stories Feedback / Re: Questionable Room Service ...
Last post by feline - December 15, 2025, 12:21:34 PMYou know, I just got back here from doing quite a lot of reading and commenting over on DA, so looks like I will be back to DA again soon, since I am really curious to see where you went with this next 
You are going to have to do something a little crazy to move this forward, given how far things have already gone, so I am not expecting something tame and sensible
Yes, the idea of the hotel doing this is "unrealistic", but its the sort of unrealistic that works in a story. Any business that attracts new customers needs a hook, a reason to draw them in, and the reputation you have in certain circles is going to be one such hook. So the reader has to suspend belief a bit, but there is a logic to all of this, it isn't totally crazy and stupid, so we can accept it and work with it.
For the staff at the hotel, this is work, it is what they are paid to do... it is going to loose all the excitement and passion real quick, when most of the time it's people just groping in the dark for something they read in a bad book, so the sense that it came across as a chore really works well and makes the world feel "real" to me
The air conditioning unit, at first I just took it as building background and depth, but when you cycled back to it, I thought this was brilliant, since it tied the story together, giving it a sense of being one cohesive whole
I think the over confident Dom is a very good point to explore... there is being confident in what you know you can do, but being confident outside your area of knowledge... that isn't confidence, that is stupid and possibly even wilful arrogance, with someone else's safety at risk! So seeing Jo feeling out of her depth, while also being encouraged and rewarded with such positive reactions, seeing her getting caught up in her own feelings of pleasure and passion, going with the flow then coming to her senses... this felt like a real person going through real moments, trying to do her best for everyone. She was deeply sympathetic, someone I really felt for and wanted to see do well, she was trying so very hard, putting so much effort into something so often empty and unrewarding, she deserved to really feel passion and delight in all of this for once!
You are going to have to do something a little crazy to move this forward, given how far things have already gone, so I am not expecting something tame and sensible Yes, the idea of the hotel doing this is "unrealistic", but its the sort of unrealistic that works in a story. Any business that attracts new customers needs a hook, a reason to draw them in, and the reputation you have in certain circles is going to be one such hook. So the reader has to suspend belief a bit, but there is a logic to all of this, it isn't totally crazy and stupid, so we can accept it and work with it.
For the staff at the hotel, this is work, it is what they are paid to do... it is going to loose all the excitement and passion real quick, when most of the time it's people just groping in the dark for something they read in a bad book, so the sense that it came across as a chore really works well and makes the world feel "real" to me
The air conditioning unit, at first I just took it as building background and depth, but when you cycled back to it, I thought this was brilliant, since it tied the story together, giving it a sense of being one cohesive whole
I think the over confident Dom is a very good point to explore... there is being confident in what you know you can do, but being confident outside your area of knowledge... that isn't confidence, that is stupid and possibly even wilful arrogance, with someone else's safety at risk! So seeing Jo feeling out of her depth, while also being encouraged and rewarded with such positive reactions, seeing her getting caught up in her own feelings of pleasure and passion, going with the flow then coming to her senses... this felt like a real person going through real moments, trying to do her best for everyone. She was deeply sympathetic, someone I really felt for and wanted to see do well, she was trying so very hard, putting so much effort into something so often empty and unrewarding, she deserved to really feel passion and delight in all of this for once!
#93
Maidbots.net stories feedback / Re: No Longer Alone by Gromet
Last post by feline - December 15, 2025, 11:19:53 AMI find myself really quite torn on this story. On one paw, I love and adore the wonderfully romantic feelings forming and growing between the wife and her robot... I do wonder to what degree these feelings can ever be reciprocated, to what degree the robot can be considered to have feelings, but the love, safety and happiness that are happening are strong, moving and quite undeniable.
Yet at the same time, every time I feel this, every moment of delight and happiness makes me wonder what about her absent husband, the relationship that you can almost feel dying as this new relationship grows and blossoms.
So a lot of feelings, but many of them quite mixed, but the new relationship really is quite beautiful
Yet at the same time, every time I feel this, every moment of delight and happiness makes me wonder what about her absent husband, the relationship that you can almost feel dying as this new relationship grows and blossoms.
So a lot of feelings, but many of them quite mixed, but the new relationship really is quite beautiful
#94
Personals / Single mid 40s
Last post by Thevixen - December 14, 2025, 10:54:58 PMAny individuals fancy starting up a conversation?
Pretty board single and heavy in bondage.
Feel free to reply or DM.
Many Thanks.
Pretty board single and heavy in bondage.
Feel free to reply or DM.
Many Thanks.
#95
Pet & PonyGirl Stories / Re: Testing the Queen's Pony G...
Last post by Morkaii (Marcus) - December 14, 2025, 10:48:15 PMReally enjoyed this one, even though magic settings are usually not my jam. So kudos!
Would love a contuation if possible 🥰
Would love a contuation if possible 🥰
#96
Trashcan Stories / Re: My Trashcan Stories
Last post by Junkyard Society - December 14, 2025, 06:22:04 PMAn 18 year old homeless girl lived with her 70 year old homeless girlfriend in an empty, remote and quiet homeless camp in an forest. An 18 year old homeless girl lived with her 70 year old homeless girlfriend in an empty, remote and quiet homeless camp in an forest and one day had the the woman and the girl been going back to the camp with two shiny, clear, round, blue and very thick balloons with very wide rubber necks from an new nearby suburb toy store that had an opening party. The sleepy girl and the sleepy woman was at 3AM rubbing their hands against the shiny, very badly stinky, loudly squealing, clear, round, blue and very thick balloons with very wide rubber necks against an big pile of 5 bags full smelly, 50 year old unused food that laid in an dusty and mold and asbestos filled freezer from 3AM until 7AM non stop. Then was the woman and the girl grabbing the shiny, very badly stinky, loudly squealing, clear, round, blue and very thick balloons with very wide rubber necks from 10AM until 1PM in the remote and quiet and forest. The sleepy girl and the sleepy woman was at 1AM blowing air in 2 shiny, loudly squealing, clear, hissing, growing, round, blue balloons until the very thick balloons got very wide rubber necks and again was the woman and the girl rubbing their hands against the shiny, very badly stinky, loudly squealing, clear, round, blue and very thick balloons with very wide rubber necks against an big pile of 5 bags full smelly, 50 year old unused food that laid in an dusty and mold and asbestos filled freezer from 1AM until 4AM non stop. Then was the woman and the girl grabbing the shiny, very badly stinky, loudly squealing, clear, round, blue and very thick balloons with very wide rubber necks from 4AM until 6AM in the remote, dark and quiet and forest.
#97
Selfbound Website Stories Feedback / Re: Captain's Confinement by Z...
Last post by Revillen - December 14, 2025, 12:56:05 PMI really enjoyed the darker aspects of this story. I also finished reading the pony girl story, and Zeedrot is becoming one of my favorite authors. Thank you for the wonderful story. I can't wait to see more from your wonderful story telling.
#98
Pet & PonyGirl Stories / Re: Testing the Queen's Pony G...
Last post by Revillen - December 14, 2025, 12:47:12 PMLoved this story. Thank you for sharing.
#99
BoundStories Website Stories Feedback / Re: The Promise of the Holodec...
Last post by 2m - December 14, 2025, 03:35:04 AMneat it is going good still a bit tame i was thinking about the ball in the new one was going to end up somewhere else
i guess i am hung up on the diabolical uses of the transporter
like inflate a balloon in someone then beam a steel ball in the middle instant unremovable object (until you beam it out)
ooh and imagine someone peeing and you keep beaming in more pee so they cant stop it would be like that shampoo prank
i guess i am hung up on the diabolical uses of the transporter
like inflate a balloon in someone then beam a steel ball in the middle instant unremovable object (until you beam it out)
ooh and imagine someone peeing and you keep beaming in more pee so they cant stop it would be like that shampoo prank
#100
Maidbots.net stories feedback / Re: No Longer Alone by Gromet
Last post by Melissa M - December 13, 2025, 09:29:31 PMThank you for sharing.
The denial of release coupled with the whisper "You don't get to decide when" is the hottest part! It represents that exquisite, shiver-inducing feeling of being overridden sensually and safely. The power of being fully consumed and cared for by relinquishing all control is what makes that scene so compelling.
The denial of release coupled with the whisper "You don't get to decide when" is the hottest part! It represents that exquisite, shiver-inducing feeling of being overridden sensually and safely. The power of being fully consumed and cared for by relinquishing all control is what makes that scene so compelling.
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