Over the past 6 months, I've slowly acclimated myself to the AI fad, experimenting with various AI tools from generative photo editing (changing the clothes of the models in a stock photo, for example) to having conversations with a bot about my work (see ChatPDF). I did explore Canva (simple to use) and a trial period of Midjourney (suuuuuuuuuuper complicated/was not a fan) to see what my characters and world would look like (see Lore-Building). The skeptic in me still finds fault with the process (and frustrated by those who use it for monetary gain), but the writer in me sees it as the gateway to Procrastination Nation. In a previous post, I talked briefly about worldbuilding with Pinterest boards. Which actor/actress looks like my characters? Which real life castle could be a stand-in for Sandthrop? What photograph best encompasses my setting? etc. What I didn't write in that post was how I struggled with these assignments. I don't pay attention to actors/actresses regularly and doing research to find the perfect actor was too much of a hassle. What if multiple setting inspired Druona? Plus, what do I search for in Pinterest to pull up the right images (especially if I don't even know what images I'm looking for)? Bing Image Create is the next big fad that I've seen making its rounds across social media, especially in the book groups I'm in. As a visual person, writing comes more easily if I can visualize the thing I want to create (more on this later). I got stuck on writing a scene where my MC is given her deceased father's ring. I knew what it looked like in my head, but I didn't know what it would look like-- as in, would it make sense in real life? So I turned to Bing Image Create to describe the ring in my head: "a masculine gold ring with a shank shaped like 2 swordfish, the shoulders shaped like its bills, and a pearl as the center stone."
What does worldbuilding look like in the age of AI? Personally, I don't feel pigeon-holed into building my world with things that exist. It might be a small, simple thing, but to see that ring made my world seem more real. I may not have the "people" figured out through Generative AI (every person I've generated seems to pull from the same model), but I can generate important objects and places. Granted, a reader's eyes will see completely different things from the writer, but for me, these visuals gratify me in more ways than a Pinterest board ever did. Of course, my generative creations are never done to gain profit. They go into folders, character sheets, and my worldbuilding boards. Other blog posts on Worldbuilding and Generative AI:
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