What Goosebumps novels teach us about thriving in the age of AI

I used to love reading the Goosebumps horror novels.

Years later, I watched a Masterclass course with Goosebumps writer R.L. Stine teaching writing for children.

I was fascinated by his approach and business of writing hundreds of short books and becoming one of the world’s wealthiest novelists (selling over 400 million books).

R.L. Stine’s output was one or even two books per month at one point when he was younger.

Today, I learned that he uses ghostwriters to help him write more books and add even more income from his books. James Patterson does the same.

Some people get angry by this.

So, what’s this got to do with AI?

Let’s face it. AI is an unbelievable tool. It helps us just like an assistant would.

Like using a ghostwriter to help you write more books, AI can help us expand our output.

R.L. Stine can use outside support to make more books and build even more wealth because he’s well-known. He has fans.

Unknown writers who use AI or ghostwriters to write their stuff remain unknown. In fact, they become even more unknown because their writing has become even more devoid of personality.