I follow the newsletter and website Plagiarism Today, a long time, tried and true resource on plagiarism, and most recently, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the writing world.

Recently they ran a post on How to Prove That Your Writing is Not AI, and it is most excellent. The tools are wonderful.

Now you have no excuses.

Why do I say that? Because in writing groups all over social media, writers are justifying using AI in writing and editing because if they didn’t use it, they’d be accused of using it anyway, since AI detectors are flawed. The recent incident where Jerry Falade lost a $2 million deal with Minotaur Books because his agents and publisher questioned his usage (or non-usage, depending on who you listen to), he could not prove he did NOT use AI.

If you landed a deal with a publisher, or if you contracted a gig with a magazine or other entity, could you prove you didn’t use AI when there are so many writers using it these days?

Would you dare to be one of those writers who uses AI anyway and cries foul if challenged, thinking they can’t prove it anyway?

Read this article. It has so many good resources in it, the most basic being Google Docs (1st preference) and MS Word. Strongly study it and make some choices to protect your integrity. There are so many writers out there thinking they are hiding behind the cloak of false-accusations that they’ll be able to get away with it. They will for a while. But there’s enough rub in the writing world now that publishers, agents, and publications are beginning to push back. They don’t want it.

Arm yourself with ways to counteract any accusations and learn to be a writer that these entities can trust.