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How I beat my writer’s block

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By Sam SpinelliPublished 2 years ago • Updated 9 days ago • 6 min read
How I beat my writer’s block
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Hi everybody, my name is .... Sam!

I know it's been quite a long time since I've uploaded anything.

If you're one of those who followed early on I bet you’re wondering where I've been! I can imagine you're surprised to see me finally posting again, after so much "radio silence". Well I'm back. I broke my writer's block and I'm broadcasting this message after such a long absence, an absence I had fully believed would be permanent.

The fact that I have the creative energy to post at all feels like a personal miracle, so I just had to get on here and let you know about the deal that changed everything for me!

This is an opportunity you cannot afford to ignore.

Now you if you're familiar with my older writing and posts, you may remember me sharing opinions that were rooted in an anti-capitalist ethic.

You might have heard me rage against corporations. You might have heard me say .... "billionaires should not exist".

I still condemn unethical corporations and I know some billionaires are irredeemably greedy, and even criminal. But I've learned they're not all bad!

Even as recently as a month ago I'd have scoffed at the idea of me EVER getting online to give a corporation free advertising or publicly praise a billionaire. You can look through all my old posts if you don't believe me. There's no product placement or corporate logos anywhere on my socials. That kind of thing used to rub me .... wrong.

I admit I was the kind of guy who would accuse anyone who said anything positive about a corporate entity as being a "shill" or a .... "bootlicker".

But... that was before I had such a positive, life changing experience with BrainWave!

And I'm not the kind of guy who could ever accept keeping this wonderful opportunity a secret-- I have to share what I've learned because I know it will help others who were struggling like me!

That's why I’m going to take a moment to share my story! While the old me would have said that this message shouldn't exist, the new me is going to put it out there on the net in the hopes that others may enjoy the same rich benefits as I have!

So... If you weren't already following me: I’ve been a hobby writer for a couple years, mostly just posting stories and poems online.

I've even won a few writing contests!

That felt nice, of course. But it’s always been my dream to see my writing traditionally published.

To that end I've spent many years editing and perfecting my novels… I've poured my soul into every line— every single word!

But... publishers have passed on all of my work.

Rejection after rejection had me feeling so .... low.

I lost hope.

On top of that rejection, as a creative I faced an existential threat: AI was exploding on the writing scene and .... dominating the field by sheer magnitude.

How could I compete with that storm of content?

My fellow writers, my fellow poets-- I’m sure you can relate to this sort of anxiety.

I mean, computers are cranking out .... whole novels— no author, no editor and the whole process only takes a few hours of digital processing!

No matter how much soul or effort I put into my own .... human writing, no matter how good my ideas felt, I realized I was at a huge disadvantage in terms of speed and output. I began to accept that it would be pointless to even try.

And consequently I began to really hate everything to do with Ai, I saw the whole field as the enemy of everything that makes art human and worthwhile.

I still forced out a couple short stories here and there, but my heart was never in it.

I didn’t usually even like what I came up with.

Finally I decided, between work and taking care of my kids, writing was never gonna be worth my time.

I gave up, completely.

Gave up my art.

Gave up my dream.

The number of stories I’ve posted has dropped all the way to zero these past few months. and that could have been the final nail in the coffin of my creative dreams.

But…

I saw an Instagram ad offering guaranteed pay for unpublished authors! I could put AI to work for me by signing up for the neural interface from BrainWave Publishing House!

They’d install a chip in my prefrontal cortex, which would communicate remotely with their central processors.

Their advanced literary processing AI would then use my imagination to assemble stories-- from ideas I didn’t even know I had!

I jumped at the opportunity.

Now Brainwave produces my best possible writing: no errors, perfect word choice, and flawless narrative structure.... with literally zero effort on my part! The process takes a few days, so it's not quite as fast as the pure AI models. But this hybrid writing has that human edge that pure AI lacks.

If you're worried about side effects, allow me to put your mind at .... ease! The surgery is outpatient and painless. They actually insert the chip near the language processing center of the brain, after making a gentle incision and drilling a tiny hole through the bone, right near your temple. They do a great job hiding the work and when your hair comes back in most people won't even notice the scar.

I know some people go on and on about the dangers of neural chips, and I've even seen people spread some frankly ridiculous and unfair FEAR MONGERING nonsense, about chips reprogramming people's behavior or politics. But that's ridiculous. I'm the same man I always was-- only wiser for having had a great experience of cutting edge tech!

I haven't noticed any of the horrible side effects those naysayers are always rambling on about. I have occasional migraines and what's called "Processing Stutter", where word finding temporarily slows and you brain sort of has to pause for a moment to get caught up with the chip.

But my surgeons warned me about both of these side effects, these are .... normal and they'll fade or disappear entirely in the months following the procedure.

And in the meantime, some minor headaches and occasional hiccup with word finding seem a small price to pay, in order to achieve creative, linguistic perfection in my writing!

Chipless authors spend months or years drafting and revising stories that will never be good enough.

I should know.

That used to be .... me!

I'm so glad I partnered with BrainWave.

And I finally get to see my stories on shelves, my name in print!

The stories aren't technically my intellectual property, since signing for the surgical upgrade includes a copyright release. But as part of the agreement, BrainWave actually paid me an upfront sum for the installation! I don't want to brag, but they gave me enough for a down payment on a modest home. It’s not really enough to quit my day job, but still-- It felt pretty awesome! And they also give me 5 free copies of every book they source from my brain!

Nothing beats that feeling of cracking open a fresh print of one of my books for the first time. Can you imagine how cool it feels to read something beautiful and know it came out of you?

And that's not all! Having this cybernetic upgrade also helps me in my day-to-day life, I can draft truly excellent emails and text messages. The Chip actually has some, let's just say, remarkably effective dating sub-routines. It monitors the entire messaging history between you and your partner and conducts a psych-analysis which can be super accurate-- especially if your partner happens to have any public information to integrate from their socials.

If you're chipped, you just .... KNOW the exact right thing to say in any given moment, it's like .... magic!

Gone are the days where I second guess a flirty text, now every single word and even the emojis I choose are guided by the chip to maximize my impact.

So thank you Brainwave for ending my dry spell, and finally giving .... me enough game to reel in the baddies!

Thank God for Brainwave. If you want to take the next step and accelerate your literary art, contact BrainWave today! Use code CHIPME and they'll give you an added 10% on your one-time payout!

What are you waiting for?

Get chipped— today!

And a BIG thank you to Elon Musk for funding this revolutionary technology!

I'm living breathing proof that BrainWave works, and BrainWave is proof that Elon Musk is an amazing guy and a true altruist!

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Sam Spinelli

Trying to make real art the best I can, never Ai!

Help me write better! Critical feedback is welcome :)

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