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 …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Artificial 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 …
Reading Time: 2 minutes As a writer, it’s important to find your own unique voice. This can be difficult, especially when we are just starting out and may not know exactly what our voice is, or how to express it.
Reading Time: 5 minutes As 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 …
Reading Time: 5 minutes Recently, 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. …