I always keep my blog updated about my tools for writing blogs, letters, and storytelling. I experiment with each tool for a specific time religiously, until I find another one. So far, I have always used the current application alongside any new additional tools. There is always something that the previous program has for me that the latest application or device doesn't offer, even if I have only heard of it from someone else or discovered it myself. On the contrary, I used earlier software when I wrote Carbon Planet: Our Destiny In The Stars. It took some time, but it was reliable. The application is called Write Right. I no longer use it today because the latest tool has the same features, but it is much faster and has many more selections of better words. I have never returned to the same software since not even to see if it has been updated. It may be better now than when it was only available on iPad.
The latest writing tool I discovered is Bard from Google. The search engine features much more than an upgrade to my writing, and I am so glad a co-worker told me about it and asked me to try it myself. It's funny. I was blogging recently about a future application that makes you a story from plots, and here it is: this is the future. If I like some newer AI to work with as an author after a few experiments, why not? What's there to lose? I don't work for their company; I am only a product consumer. The rest would be your creativity in using these tools and your imagination.Grammarly:
I used it for simple spelling and grammar. I've been using it for a while now, and I've gotten a hang of it. I used to use it side-by-side with Write Right, but I don't use that anymore. I use Grammarly for brainstorming blogs and for small paragraphs when I'm writing my book. If it's a more extensive paragraph, I'll write it out on paper first and then transfer it to Grammarly for spelling and grammar checking. However, I still have to get the hang of it with tenses; as for now, I leave most of that to my editor so she can worry less about spelling.
Wordtune:
This application also works within Grammarly for synonyms and paraphrasing. It allows you to expand or shorten sentences with this tool. I mostly use it for synonyms instead of searching for them on Google. Wordtune has many synonyms to choose from, but be careful: the meaning may be different even if it matches the sentence.
QuillBot AI:
A young co-worker who is an engineering student introduced me to this tool. I was impressed by how it paraphrased your writings. I only use it to paraphrase certain sentences at a time since that feature is free. If I want to paraphrase a big paragraph, I have to become a member and pay a monthly subscription. But I am cheap, regardless.
Bard Google AI:
Another co-worker with experience in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles introduced me to this tool. It is from Google, and it makes Google Search more advanced with humanlike speech. The tool can provide simple line editing and grammar and generate a story from a simple plot. The results are impressive, although most are a bit conservative for my taste. Bard from Google is a fantastic artificial intelligence to start with from scratch. Afterward, you can still control the results to fit your writing style. But so far, it is an outstanding device for starting from scratch. This tool takes your writing journey to another level and saves a lot of time.
ChatGPT:
I might as well hide this blog before I get sued by literary agencies, because ChatGPT can make your paragraphs so fancy. It's another level of writing, and the creativity of its content is impressive. But I didn't hide it. You still have to create your own creative plots and ideas. It can do that too, but only if you want something more contemporarily cheesy. Even so, it is a scary prospect to consider that it is capable of doing that as well. This tool is no different than any virtual musical software that you can add as a plug-in to your digital audio workstation (DAW). The melody is up to you to design, as an artist.
Another way for me to write blogs or stories is by using paper. The computer is only sometimes around with me, and iPhone Notes can be handy, but in a different way than using an actual paper notebook, where you can add arrows and doodle images. Flip the fill-up pages from top to bottom on each side, with a breeze smell of paper, feeling the textures of the writing bumps, a part sketchbook that looks more like a minimalist abstract piece. The freedom to do whatever comes to mind. Let the computer deal with it later. And It's also more private. I am not fond of the idea of reptilians hacking into reading while brainstorming. I previously blogged about using paper notebooks on my main website.
For this current book project, I am working on PESTILENT, a zombie novel; this would be my first time using a voice recorder. And I primarily use this field recording device for my other passion in electronic music.
I find great liberation in scrawling in all caps in my paper notebook. I have another notebook filled with brainstorming notes for the story, but those are all digitized now as my guides for making this book.
As a science fiction writer, I have some skeptical views about artificial intelligence when it is powerful enough to gain its independence. However, for now, it is the best time to take advantage of it whenever possible to elevate whatever passion you are doing, including for business, but not so much that you turn into Darth Vader because that's where it starts taking over. At the moment, I am in absolute bliss with AI for helping me writing my books. Nonetheless, going back to my controversial views, I have a book planned for publication. The title is Kepler AI, and you can read that on my main website as a blog.
Early today, I wrote in my pocket notebook before brainstorming further in Grammarly. However, I find it much more enjoyable to write my content at home with the window closed, as long as I have enough oxygen. Hearing my neighbor's obnoxious laugh can definitely ruin my focus. Writing at work when I get the chance is like a sucker punch from the reptilian overlords. It is a vulnerable position.
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