Scientists have invented a robot that can do your writing
for you. You give it the basic plot and characters and it does the rest. Would
you use it? Why or why not?
Okay – so this is going to be a short one from me today,
because my answer is simple...but read on, because there's some NEWS at the end of this blog you won't want to miss...
“No, thank you. I’m delighted you think you’ve invented a
robot you believe can breathe life into the most basic elements of storytelling,
but I have a question for you, ‘What have you been reading to even think this
might be possible?’”
I mean, seriously? Take the plot and characters of each Shakespeare
comedy or tragedy and you have a ‘blueprint’ – give them to the Master, and you
have wondrous works that speak to us today as they spoke to those who first saw
them performed almost 500 years ago. That’s the human touch.
Take the plots and
characters of Agatha Christie’s works and give them to a thing and see what you get…a type of
pastiche, lacking the human touch. Same goes for the works of any author.
The
human touch is what sets apart the basics of plot and character. The style of
the author, their individual voice, beyond those of their characters.
No. Nope. Not for me. Thank you.
But if you could invent something that could do all my chores and errands for me, so there's more writing time available, I'd take it in a heartbeat!
Cathy Ace is the Bony Blithe Award-winning author of The
Cait Morgan Mysteries and The WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries. You can
find out more about Cathy, her work and her characters at her website, where
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2 comments:
The best way to test this thing and prove it's a waste of time is feed it the plot and character list from a NY Time's author... Someone like Miranda James or Cleo Coyle. After the thing prints out the dreck the designers will give up and go back to playing on their computers.
Good plan, NoraA!!! :-)
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