Reading Time: 3 minutes For those of us driven by the urge to create something from nothing, the motivation behind our work is vital. Our creative work becomes meaningful and impactful when that motivation is anchored in generosity. Our audience can sense the sincerity and care behind our work, making them more receptive to new perspectives and solutions. What …
Reading Time: 7 minutes A 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 …
Reading Time: 5 minutes Don’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 …
Reading Time: 3 minutes The 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 …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Recently, I’ve noticed that more blog writers are using AI to write their posts. It’s faster and easier to use AI than writing your own material. But there are also some significant downsides to using AI to do your writing. I Want to Read Creative People, Not Machine-Generated Predictive Text My biggest problem with AI-generated …
Reading Time: 4 minutes I started using dictation in my work about two years ago. In March 2022, I watched a deep dive in the McSparky Labs, during which David Sparks explained how he uses dictation in much of his work. When I first started using dictation, I felt very awkward. I felt self-conscious talking to a microphone or …
Reading Time: 4 minutes What is Incubation? Incubation happens in your mind when you’re not actively working on a project. It is “unconscious processing” that goes on in your mind automatically. As Kadavy explains in his book Mind Management Not Time Management, “Even when you aren’t consciously thinking about something, your brain is incredibly active – something scientists call …
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is a Mac app I use more than any other app, and I use it every day. I use it when I write emails in the Mail app, texts in the Message app, mind maps in MindNode, blog posts in Ulysses and edit blog posts on WordPress before publication. That app is a menu …
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you’re someone who loves doing creative work, you know that it’s not always easy. There are days when you feel like nothing is going right, and you question whether you’re even cut out for it. But no matter how challenging it may be, you also know that it’s worth it. There’s something about the …
Reading Time: < 1 minute In her blog, well-known writer and writing instructor Anne Janzer (author of The Writer’s Process: Getting Your Brain in Gear) warns, “If…you let AI actually write in your place, what it creates will probably sound like the amalgam of what other people write like.” AI and Writing: Should you prioritize speed? She suggests that while …