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Many years ago, 2016 to be precise (not too far back right?) I used to write short stories and sell them online. There were few buyers then, and even fewer now. I would sell a short story of 8k word for 10k in naira.

It was such a big deal to me then. Normally it took a month for the manuscripts to be vetted. After getting paid, I would blow the money up on a ponzi scheme. When it got exhausted, I would write again.

After making about 500k, I started writing rubbish and my works started getting rejected. I even had to negotiate to be paid lesser for the rejected manuscripts.

All that is in the past now as I gave up on the gig.
I started making money from betting and other avenues. I went into farming as well.

Then some weeks ago, I decided to use chat gpt to write a short story and see how effective it could be. (you all know the hype na. I just wanted to see if the AI matched the hype).

I must confess, at first I didn't know how to feed it with the right prompts. It was giving me garbage. Then I went on youtube and learnt how to feed chat gpt with the right prompts. That was a game changer.

I went back to chat gpt and it generated 7 amazing short stories between 8k and 10k words. I quickly reached out to one of my old buyers. Bad news, he is now into politics. I called another buyer, I didn't tell her it was me cos I scammed her the last time we did business ( and I'm not proud of it. Looking back I wish I never scammed her). She asked to see the manuscripts and I sent her 5.

Just yesterday she sent me 100k for the 5. Manuscripts are now 20k, no longer 10k.

The remaining 2 books are very interesting. I want to sell them on amazon kdp.

The 100k I made from the other books, I will use it to promote and advertise these 2 books. Wish me well.

#beggersKeepOff

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Many years ago, 2016 to be precise (not too far back right?) I used to write short stories and sell them online. There were few buyers then, and even fewer now. I would sell a short story of 8k word for 10k in naira.

It was such a big deal to me then. Normally it took a month for the manuscripts to be vetted. After getting paid, I would blow the money up on a ponzi scheme. When it got exhausted, I would write again.

After making about 500k, I started writing rubbish and my works started getting rejected. I even had to negotiate to be paid lesser for the rejected manuscripts.

All that is in the past now as I gave up on the gig.
I started making money from betting and other avenues. I went into farming as well.

Then some weeks ago, I decided to use chat gpt to write a short story and see how effective it could be. (you all know the hype na. I just wanted to see if the AI matched the hype).

I must confess, at first I didn't know how to feed it with the right prompts. It was giving me garbage. Then I went on youtube and learnt how to feed chat gpt with the right prompts. That was a game changer.

I went back to chat gpt and it generated 7 amazing short stories between 8k and 10k words. I quickly reached out to one of my old buyers. Bad news, he is now into politics. I called another buyer, I didn't tell her it was me cos I scammed her the last time we did business ( and I'm not proud of it. Looking back I wish I never scammed her). She asked to see the manuscripts and I sent her 5.

Just yesterday she sent me 100k for the 5. Manuscripts are now 20k, no longer 10k.

The remaining 2 books are very interesting. I want to sell them on amazon kdp.

The 100k I made from the other books, I will use it to promote and advertise these 2 books. Wish me well.

#beggersKeepOff

You mean you wrote a whole book and sold it for just 20k naira?

I use chat gpt to generate posts for my blogs and websites (copywriting contents ,non fiction).
I may look into using it to generate fiction contents like short stories or even novels.

how does it works?

Please where do you sell short stories online?

For those asking where I sell it, I cannot divulge such information. I'm sorry. You just have to do your research.

The buyers are not much in Nigeria. I won't give you my buyers.