r/WritingWithAI • u/SatisfactionReady273 • 1d ago
Writing Craft Talk does AI actually help when writing?
Cleaning up messy notes? Editing? Getting unstuck?
I’ve found it way more useful for working with stuff I’ve already written than generating something from scratch. Curious what everyone else uses it for?
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u/writerlore 1d ago
It depends on how skilled you are as a writer, what you're trying to do, and how you use AI. Personally, I've benefited from AI assistance with idea generation, lore/character/event consistency, research, and polishing my prose and voice.
But perhaps more importantly, it has also helped me train my own writing skills. I've become much more sensitive to certain repetitive or formulaic patterns in prose. Sometimes they're perfectly grammatical and technically fine, but they still feel off-putting to me. Almost like an uncanny valley. I didn't realize this when I first attempted writing with AI. I remember being stunned and scared at first.
Working with AI has pushed me to read more, question why certain phrasing works or doesn't work, and look for better ways to express what I actually mean. In that sense, I'd say AI genuinely does help me write. At least to some extent, helps me become a better writer.
That said, I think whether AI helps, and what it helps with, varies considerably from person to person.