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Writing exercise – “The Cat in the Rain” (a sinister prologue with ChatGPT assists)

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

This is a long post today, but I’m sharing the entire ChatGPT “chat” from a recent writing group exercise to show my process of completing a finished piece from the “assignment” through the end. If you’re curious enough to stick … Continue reading →

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Updated thoughts on ChatGPT’s “literary ending” to my novel scene

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

UPDATE (meaning that yesterday’s “last thoughts” weren’t quite that, apparently 🙂 ) – It struck me this morning (the next day, after posting about ChatGPT’s edit of my novel scene yesterday) that my own ending was kind of upbeat and … Continue reading →

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Writing exercise – “A Friend in Need” (Working ChatGPT from the other end)

Posted on January 30, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Another ChatGPT writing exercise to share today. Quick recap: Back in late September or early October, I began using ChatGPT to generate rough drafts of scenes for my novel in response to writing exercise prompts for my writing group’s bi-weekly … Continue reading →

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Writing exercise – “Christmas Gathering” (yes, another ChatGPT adventure)

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Well, I’m starting to see ChatGPT’s tics and tells more clearly. On the plus side, this tool works well as a means of casting a wide research net quickly executing a rough draft providing “feedback” and suggestions for oneself on … Continue reading →

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Writing exercise – “Bridges” (brought to you by ChatGPT and me!)

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Lately, I have been trying two things as an experiment with my writing group exercises. First, I’ve been using every prompt as a jumping-off point to initiate a scene for my novel. Second, I’m setting every scene up with a … Continue reading →

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Writing Exercise – “November Rain” (co-authored by my writing buddy, ChatGPT)

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m in a small “Community of Practice” group at Milwaukee School of Engineering, the college where I teach, and am trying to immerse myself both in reading the current scholarship on generative AI (or, “GenAI,” as … Continue reading →

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More ChatGPT practice in my writing group exercises

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

The arrival of generative AI is bringing lots of changes to my job as a college professor. I teach some humanities and social science courses (film and media studies, political science, digital society, etc.), but I also teach quite a … Continue reading →

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How ChatGPT helped me with my writing group exercises

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

My writing group does short exercises each week, and about three years ago I started sharing them (the prompt and my exercise in response) here in my blog. I don’t think I’ve shared an exercise in a while, but I … Continue reading →

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Well, I’m back.

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

So says Samwise Gamgee to his wife, Rosie, and young daughter, Elanor, at the end of The Return of the King, the final book in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. And where have I been? Well, unlike Sam, I … Continue reading →

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