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How Has AI Impacted Authors? It Exposed Who Was Average.

22 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Single-speaker commentary arguing that generative AI easily produces well-organized, surface-level text and thus has exposed average book writing; books that will succeed are those grounded in lived experience, unique perspective, and personal stories that AI cannot replicate. The speaker cites examples (Judy Haller, Colleen Souza) and issues a rule: if AI could write your book, you probably shouldn’t write it; conversely, those with distinctive stories or expertise should write.

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If your book is not better than what AI can write in 10 seconds, you don't have a book. You have the equivalent of a blog post. There's the myth that AI is making book writing easier. And yeah, you know what? If we're talking about typing speed and research, it is. And thanks to AI nobody should ever have a bad chapter title again. But writing a book that actually matters, AI made that harder. Here's why. AI can only already generate a perfectly organized surface level. How to book the plethora of AI generated books that has flooded Amazon didn't lower the bar it exposed who was never clearing it to begin with. The books winning in 2026 and beyond have something AI will never have lived. Stories, human perspective, uncommon opinions. A point of view that didn't come from a prompt. I mean, look at Judy Haller's book. No AI tool can write this book because it's Judy Haller. Loud and proud Colleen Souza. She wrote a book so profoundly from her life and experiences and stories, AI can't recreate it. And that's why, after such a short stint on selling books, she's already got more than 100 five star reviews and climbing her book connects. So here's the rule now. If AI could write your book, you. You shouldn't. If you have stories, insight, heartbreak, expertise, or a lens the world actually needs, you're exactly who should be writing.