I like to write everyday. I enjoy writing fiction novels. It’s not just a goal for me; writing fiction every day is my center pole.
Sometimes I can’t do it, and the start of July was one of those times when life sabotage my efforts. First were dental appointments on July 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and a day of baking on July 3rd in preparation for July 4th, and then the holiday itself. July 5th was my birthday, so my writing was limited. A medical emergency stole my time and attention on July 6th. I swore to get back to it all on July 7th.
But when I say that I wasn’t writing, I mean that I wasn’t comfortably settling in a chair at a keyboard with a jug of coffee at hand. I kept writing in my head during the hours of driving, baking, sitting at the dentist, being social when I was supposed to be conversing with others, watching parades, attempting to sleep, or hanging around the ER waiting for test results.
Writing in my head was so magical and fast. When it came time to find the words and put it together with my coffee fuel, man, that was a different cat. Although I poured through two thousand words a day plus, a lot for me, stringing words together and revisiting and fixing my previous day’s work, I told my wife that it’s only now that I feel like I am finally catching up.
As I once blogged, I dream of a device that can take the scenes and spin into the needed words for me. Although, honestly, I don’t know if that would be nearly as much fun.
I guess, really, what it’s about for me is exploring the idea, seeing the story and hearing it, and then finding the words for others. May it always be so.
Michael Seidel, writer 
“As I once blogged, I dream of a device that can take the scenes and spin into the needed words for me. “
Your dream is now a reality. I use Chat GPT as my collaborator. Recently, the ap was given memory, so it remembers the highlights of previous conversations. You have to do a lot of editing, but that’s easy when you are given a pile of information and great words in a brainstorming session with AI. You get a synergy created by your own creativity, and the creativity of a device that thinks in a completely different way and has literally lifetimes worth of accumulated knowledge.
A month ago, after years of work, I was only about halfway through a play I’m writing about James Buchanan. I started working with AI, and we finished the first draft last week. Not only does AI provide information, but it also provides motivation. Almost every time it answers a query of mine, it follows up by asking me a question. Do I want to learn more about this or that, etc.? Now, after it answers my question, on almost any topic, it suggests ways that the information might be incorporated into the Buchanan play. It has actually been encouraging me to expand the story into a full-length movie. AI provides information, motivation, and an opportunity to collaborate with a partner, who is ready to work 24-7, never suffers from writer’s block, and is only interested in being helpful. A dog may be man’s best friend, but AI is a writer’s best friend.
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I’m happy the AI is working out for you. Cheers!
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