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Their wordsFor me, writing is therapy. Always has been.
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Therapy-speak spread by Instagram has potentially diminished words like trauma and trigger.
Their wordsInstagram has made therapy-speak common parlance which has potentially diminished the meaning of words like ‘trauma’ and ‘trigger’.
Their wordsIt was a reminder that the idea of AI writing books is completely bonkers and also a totally boring concept to me because we write to discover things, dig into other selves, unearth something true and you can’t skip that part.
Their wordsI feel sorry for anyone who generates their writing using a machine, you are missing the whole point.
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