The Art of Writing: Why AI Shouldn’t Write Your First Draft

Reading Time: 6 minutesWhy Writers Disagree on Using AI for First Drafts Why do some writers use AI to write their first drafts while others refuse to? The difference often lies in how writers perceive their craft and role. If writers view their role as primarily communicating ideas in writing, then having AI write their first drafts is …

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The Fine Line: Enhancing Creative Writing Without Replacing It with AI

Reading Time: 7 minutesA Misstep in AI: The Backlash Against Google’s Gemini Ad In response to the rapid emergence and widespread availability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) writing tools, people are questioning whether using AI in place of creative personal human writing is appropriate. During the Olympics, Google sponsored an ad about a young lady inspired by a female …

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Don’t Let AI Silence Your Unique Human Voice: How to Use AI as a Writing Ally, Not a Replacement

Reading Time: 5 minutesDon’t Let AI Replace Your Human Voice. AI is a fantastic tool, but there’s a real danger of becoming so enamored of its capabilities that we let AI replace our creative writing, our human voice, and our thoughts. Use it to enhance your creative writing and human expression, but not replace it. Recently, I saw …

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Finding Your Voice: How to “Be Yourself” as a Writer

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe advice to “be yourself” is typically applied to many different life areas. When talking about relationships or meeting new people, we’re encouraged to be ourselves so that our relationship is based on our authentic self and not a false image that we’re presenting. Our quote today is about being ourselves in our writing. William …

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Apps for Dictation — Comparing Whisper Memos with Cleft Notes

Reading Time: 3 minutesI’m Using Whisper Memos in my Workflows I’ve been using the dictation-transcription app Whisper Memos for several months. In the past, I didn’t use dictation very often. But I’ve been using dictation in my workflow more and more in the past year. Now, I use dictation every day. It’s a quick and frictionless way to …

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Using Artificial Intelligence — It’s A Question of Ethics As Well as Utility

Reading Time: 4 minutesArtificial Intelligence has taken the tech world by storm. Almost daily, more and more developers announce the implementation of AI as a part of their apps. The sudden availability and popularity of AI have raised important questions for writers. Am I free to use AI in any way I can, or are there ethical limits …

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AI and Creativity: Finding the Balance Between Assistance and Replacement

Reading Time: 5 minutesAs I’ve used artificial intelligence (AI) more and more in my blog writing process, I’ve asked “At what point am I no longer the creator?” I don’t think it’s ethical for me to represent a computer’s work as my own, but I do want to take advantage of AI to do research, check my grammar …

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Using AI to Improve Your Writing: Tips and Techniques

Reading Time: 5 minutesRecently, there’s been a lot of buzz surrounding AI in the productivity realm. Writing apps, such as Craft, have added AI to their list of features. From within Craft, you can request the AI to create a summary or outline of your document, write an article based on your outline, or write about a topic. …

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