How My Books Are Created

I want to be open about how my books are made. AI plays a substantial part in writing my books. I develop the ideas, characters and direction, while AI helps produce and refine the actual prose. I want to be open about that.

I understand that AI in literature raises questions and concerns. I respect differing views. I do not want to claim credit for words I have not written or suggest that I wrote every line myself. My central desire is to share something with the reader.

My stories begin with my own observations, experiences, questions and the things I have carried through life. Some come from faith, some from encounters with other people, and others from my mistakes, joys, disappointments and reflections about life and God.

That is where my books begin—not with AI. They begin with a thought, a question, an imagined scene, or something I have lived through and want to explore.

I develop the worlds, choose the direction, work out the characters and decide which themes the story should carry.

Then I use AI as a creative tool. We may discuss a scene, try several directions, develop a character, refine dialogue, improve rhythm and language, or explore ideas when a passage does not work.

Sometimes I write the initial paragraph myself. At other times I begin with a thought, a scene, or a few sentences and work on the text with AI. This also means AI may formulate sentences and substantial passages; I do not want to conceal its contribution.

I do not automatically accept AI’s suggestions. I read, alter, remove, rewrite and often say no. A single scene or chapter may be revised many times. Characters disappear, events change and whole chapters are rebuilt.

AI has become something like a creative workshop—a place where I can test ideas and alternatives. But I still have to choose which path the story takes.

AI writes and revises substantial parts of the prose and sometimes drafts entire passages. I want to be clear about that. I bring the original ideas, develop the characters, settings and themes, and determine the direction of each story.

I read, evaluate, change and choose what remains. I therefore prefer to describe myself as a creator of stories: I shape the story while AI plays a meaningful role in writing the text.

Faith, grace, forgiveness, fear, power, human dignity and above all Agape keep returning in my work. Agape is a love expressed not only in feelings but also in how we treat one another.

AI can help me write a scene about forgiveness, but it cannot forgive another person on my behalf. It can help me phrase questions about faith, but it cannot believe for me. It can describe grief, fear and hope, but it has not lived my life, met the people I have met or carried my questions.

I have no reason to hide the tools behind the books. Nor do I want the tools to become more important than what I am trying to communicate.

I hope readers can approach my books for what they are: a person’s attempt to share something of what he has seen, experienced, reflected on and believed.

When my name appears on a cover, it does not mean, “Look how talented I am.” It means: “This is something I want to share with you.”

If a story or even one small scene encourages someone to pause, reflect, feel hope, laugh or show another person greater mercy, then I am grateful.

Thank you for choosing to read.

Lars-Micael Larsson
LM Faithful Productions