Collaborative Writing With AI With Rachelle Ayala

How can we use AI tools to enhance and improve our creative process? How can we double down on being human by writing what we are passionate about, while still using generative AI to help fulfil our creative vision? Rachelle Ayala gives her thoughts in this episode.
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Rachelle Ayala is the multi-award-winning USA Today bestselling author of playful and passionate romances with a twist. She also has a series of books for authors, including Write with AI, An AI Author's Journal, and AI Fiction Mastery.
• Understanding generative AI tools as a non-technical person
• How the creative process can work with AI tools and why it's always changing
• Using AI tools as a collaborative discovery process, and why it's all about your creative vision and author voice. For more on this, check out my AI-Assisted Artisan Author episode (www.thecreativ...)
• Aspects of copyright
• Staying focused on writing as new AI technology emerges, and why you need to double down on being human (www.thecreativ...)
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[@mmcreative7058]

Thanks for another interesting episode. The huge problem with AI is that it provides a disincentive for young people to develop fundamental writing skills. Established authors may find it a useful compliment to their seasoned skill set, but youngsters would not have had the same hard earned experience to draw on yet. AI can foster a culture of taking short cuts and to NOT put in the work to develop fundamental skills. I've seen this happening in visual art too. Keen to hear your thoughts on this topic.

[@thecreativepenn]

Thanks for your comment, but I think that things will just change as they always have done. I used to hand write my essays when at University, and in my final year there was a discussion that maybe we should be able to use computers (this was 1996-1997 so still pre-widespread-internet). The teachers said that it would make us lazy and we wouldn't work as hard and it would make it easier - but in fact, it helped us make more of our knowledge, I was able to organize my thoughts more easily, and they could read it! The same happened with the internet. It was going to make research easier so people would be more lazy and wouldn't have to go to the library anymore. But we adapt and we learn, and we learn specifically the things we are interested in. Those who love whatever medium they love will still get into the fundamentals and they will excel more than those who don't want to learn. So I am not worried - it is just another iteration of technology. Young people will adapt to the news ways of doing things. The question is, will older people?

[@kim.brockway]

Another wonderful and informative episode. Thanks Jo & Rachelle ❤ lots of new things for me to have fun playing with.

[@AdeleCeleste]

It's starting to sound like the AI writing tools might be more trouble and time consuming than helpful, however, I'm still going to give it a try and experiment one of these days. Thank you for your research and study!

[@thecreativepenn]

Not at all! I love using ChatGPT and Claude as part of my everyday processes now.

[@moonstone1159]

I'm interested in AI writing tools for research and historical context. I, too, worry about the question of the human voice and the loss of creativity when using AI. Thank you for an informative and interesting interview.

[@DreamDetective]

I found the last part of this the most interesting. I can relate it to having many books on my shelf I have never read. In fact today I gave up on the book that I was 3/4 finished reading I just wasn't enjoying it any longer. I'd love to know more about my own personal interest in books, what I love and what keeps me reading. Sometimes I'm just not aware of why I love one book and don't like another book that my friends tell me they really loved. This will be interesting if in the future somehow we can analyse are reading styles and the writing style and maybe able to match it up with our readers I think this is very fascinating and I wish you would have talked to her more about that topic maybe you can have her back on or have another person to discuss the topic a little bit more in depth.

[@thecreativepenn]

Glad you found it interesting! We are speculating now as to what can be done in the future, but I loved talking to Rachelle, so yes, will get her back on as AI continues to develop.

[@blinkofaneye4451]

You should give Novelcrafter a spin. Just its codex/story bible is awesome even without the AI assisted writing with hugely flexible prompting and the ability to use your AI model of choice.

[@thecreativepenn]

I checked it out, but it didn't suit my discovery writing style.

[@blinkofaneye4451]

@@thecreativepenn I’m half plotter half panther and love it. Interesting how different tools and methods click with different people.