Here’s a link to a story about NaNoWriMo – a/k/a National Novel Writing Month – and the shenanigans they’ve just perpetrated when it comes to their stance on AI. If you don’t want to read it, here’s the key graf that explains their new stance:

“The NaNoWriMo’s specific reasoning for showing its support for the burgeoning technology (including using it in its yearly novel writing challenge) includes its ability to allow those who may not have the financial or creative means to overcome the various difficulties that can come from writing.”

Give me a break.

No financial means? Tell that to J.K. Rowling, who was down and out and on welfare and still managed to write the first Harry Potter novel at a table rented for the price of a cup of coffee.

No creative means? Hey, writing is *supposed* to be hard. If you don’t have friction, if you don’t wrestle the words onto the page, you’re going to get garbage. Creativity thrives on it. If you’re not creative enough to force words onto paper, maybe you need to find another way to creatively express yourself.

You know, I’ve always stayed neutral about #NaNoWriMo. I felt I didn’t need it to jump start a novel, but I had no problem with someone giving it a try to see if they had it in them do go the distance. The only issue I really had with it was that it tried to make a sprint out of a process that is actually a marathon.

Not anymore. Their stand on AI is tone deaf and removes all the creativity from the creative process.

This, combined with some other serious missteps by their management (see the article), has brought an end to my benevolent tolerance of them.

I’m done putting up with you, #NaNoWriMo. I’m washing my hands.