Writing is not my strongest suit, but I have always looked to improve my writing skills. One of these improvements can exploring ChatGPT. I began writing prompts to see how useful AI can be when creating cohesive writing, especially seeing how AI can add to my writings or learn from them. I start small with a topic that hits close to home, literally. I did “Why Movie Theaters Should Stay in Business” as my subject matter. I love movie theater experiences, but with so many closings, it makes me sad. Using this topic also felt personal and fun to write. The process began.

Stage 1: The Basic Prompt

“Write me an 800 to 1000-word blog post about why movie theaters should stay in society. Write it like you are talking to a seventh grader”

This was the first prompt I wrote. When the AI was finished, I got some interesting impressions. The physical content was pretty good, listing everything from how movies provide a social experience on a wide range, the beauty of watching on a big screen, and how movies provide lasting impacts on people of all ages. The actual clarity of the writing was well done, I could read it with no confusion. However, the sections felt vague and lacked support. There were no reasons why movie theaters were struggling in the first place. The biggest issue I would face throughout each was that the writing lacked personality, it felt more robotic than personal.

Stage 2: The Minor Changes

These versions were better than the first. I kept the original sections and writing. The main changes to the prompt I added were asking to add more support and a section on why movie theaters are in danger of closing. This made the “why it should stay” sections have more impact later. However, the personality still didn’t have the relatability.

Stage 3: The Final Fixes

The final prompt was extremely long, but what it added in length, it made up for in detail and specifics. I asked the AI to use language in my “How People Read Online” blog to get a better feel and to add first-person viewpoints changes. This changed the game. An example is the AI adding personal feelings in the Generation section, “My parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents all have memories of going to the movies, and I want others to experience that.” It felt similar to how I write about my personal experiences. The blog reference also added words I use a lot in my work, such as “like,” “while,” “experience,” and “discussed.”

Here are PDFs of the prompts and different stages of the blog, the final version of the blog created, and a link to the conversion with ChatGPT.

• Ai Genrative Assignment Prompts And Full Text: Download
• Final Ai Writing: Download

What We Can Learn from How AI Writes

I had some main takeaways from the writing experience using AI.

• AI requires an in-depth explanation of its prompts. It will not add things that aren’t already there.
• Having AI write about personal experiences and examples makes the writing feel more human and powerful to writing.
• The physical content produced by AI is quality content and can add to what already exists if changes are added. This makes editing the writing a lot easier.
• AI does not start with a personal agenda. If you want writing that feels personal to you, you must be super specific. Otherwise, it will sound like everyone else.

AI can provide a lot of writers. It’s good at giving quick content and can be easily edited. But there’s always a personality or style a writer has to make them stand out. AI doesn’t have that; it needs specific directions to fit the person’s style. If a media professional writer were to use ChatGPT in its most basic prompt, I think then the writer would be no different than your basic article. But if a writer provides in-depth knowledge on their subject and their normal writing style, I think they could make an excellent article that fits their writing while having the classical foundation that AI, like ChatGPT, provides its user.