by Pat Iyer | Jul 6, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Blog, Writing Skills
While AI can’t write your story, that doesn’t mean it can’t write any stories. You could tell it to write something showing that crime doesn’t pay or to give you ideas for writing that kind of story. But would that be your story? This question takes the debate...
by Pat Iyer | Jun 22, 2023 | Blog, Writing Style
While newer writers fall more easily into telling rather than showing in their work, experienced writers don’t have immunity. Here are some ways to use active voice to keep readers. How Much of Your Writing Employs the Active Voice? You can identify passive voice by...
by Pat Iyer | Jun 15, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Blog
Writing a title can be difficult. Many of us struggle to describe the essence of what we’ve written in a few words in a way that both engages potential readers and contains the keywords that will rank well on search engines. Have you used AI to create titles? Coming...
by Pat Iyer | Jun 9, 2023 | Blog, Grammar
You need more than the ability to write concisely to keep your readers. One of the seven deadly writers’ sins is to confuse your reader. When they have to pause to figure out what you’re saying, they lose the drift of what you’re writing, and you may lose a reader. ...
by Pat Iyer | Jun 1, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Blog
Consider the ramifications of AI and medicine: the physician-patient consultation. The particular example I use involves ChatGPT. While the program can’t replace the value of a medical professional, recent research suggests that it may have a better “bedside manner.”...
by Pat Iyer | May 25, 2023 | Blog, Book writing
You think your book manuscript is wonderful—or you think it’s awful. Wherever you fall on the spectrum of confidence in what you’ve written, you need feedback in the form of a book critique. Does that sound like frightening news? It’s your book. You care about it. You...
