by Margot Lester | What-Not
Using AI to write first drafts? I've updated my revision playbook with specific guidance for tuning up what the model churns out. Download the free guide now! (The tips work great for those of you still writing your own stuff, too!) For the last four years, I've led a...
by Margot Lester | Writing/How to Write
GenAI is a helpful tool except when it makes you look (and sound) like a tool because you didn't revise it. Here are the not-so-subtle tells you didn't put in all the effort necessary. I got a 12-page, 4,253-word report to edit the other day. It started well enough...
by Margot Lester | Writing/How to Write
I don't want to get into a fight about whether or not AI for writing is good or bad or evil or whatever. What I will say on the subject is that whether or not you use AI for writing, you definitely need to beef up your revision skills. Here's why: If you use AI to...
by Margot Lester | Writing/How to Write
If you want to be a more effective writer, stop fretting over your draft copy. Mash the gas, baby, and get those words out of your head and onto the page. That's all a draft needs to be: a brain dump. The real magic happens in revision -- the part of writing that...
