Skylara Wilde
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Skylara Wilde
@skylarawilde.substack.com
Author of the Substack publication, Wilde Tales. The only place where you can find magic, dragons, faeries, magic, urban jungles, copy editing, poems, essays, and engorged ... things ... under one roof! Probably. Maybe. 📚💙
I think AI can be a great tool for writers. Need a story prompt to get your creative juices flowing? Stuck in a scene in your WIP Great new writer, but not so great an artist and want to create promo materials? AI can help. Like any powerful tool, it has to be used responsibly, though.
February 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Anyhow, long story short, this book influenced me to write at my best, regardless of what the general population would think. Because money is not worth giving up my grammar police badge or soul. 😂
February 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
And if you actually read this and enjoyed it, I am not judging you. I absolutely love the Twilight series, and it has much of the same problems. But there are a problems in 50 Shades that should be a dealbreaker for any writer, grammatically speaking.
February 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
But will I dumb myself down in order to appeal to a broader audience? No. I would rather write what I love and be able to reread it myself and still love it then feel shame because the writing is awful and aspects of the story are awful even if the overarching story isn’t half bad.
February 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Somehow, the author got tons of money and got a movie deal. So the reason I added it as something influenced me is that it made me realize that just because my writing but doesn’t make a ton of money doesn’t mean it’s not good.
February 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This book is poorly written. Anyone with a firm grasp of grammar will agree. It also has some problematic things in regards to the whole flow of it. It also has some problematic things in regards to his stalker-y-ness.
February 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I love a good story. Even if there’s some problematic things, if a good story is a good story, I can get into it. I thought this story would be that story.

The reason I added it as a book that influenced me is because I realized that just because a book is popular doesn’t mean it’s good.
February 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I guess the moral of the story is to do your writing in the cloud. Whether it’s Google Docs or something else. Big companies that host cloud tools have multiple backups. Our physical computers do not. And if we miss a setting or if something is lost before an auto save happens we’re out of luck.
February 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM